Self Cannibalism of Fingers in an Alzheimer Patient
In society, the instinct to eat one’s own tissues is rare. However it is generally limited to reported cases concerning soft tissue. A patient who was admitted to our department had eaten the distal and middle phalangeal soft tissue along with bone tissue.
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Galenos Publishing House
2011-06-01
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| author | Özgür Sunay Adnan Menderes |
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| description | In society, the instinct to eat one’s own tissues is rare. However it is generally limited to reported cases concerning soft tissue. A patient who was admitted to our department had eaten the distal and middle phalangeal soft tissue along with bone tissue. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-193fa34708bb4f7cae9af85ba0b125602023-02-15T16:12:37ZengGalenos Publishing HouseBalkan Medical Journal2146-31232146-31312011-06-012802214215Self Cannibalism of Fingers in an Alzheimer PatientÖzgür SunayAdnan MenderesIn society, the instinct to eat one’s own tissues is rare. However it is generally limited to reported cases concerning soft tissue. A patient who was admitted to our department had eaten the distal and middle phalangeal soft tissue along with bone tissue.http://www.tutfd.org/text.php3?id=760Alzheimercannibalism |
| spellingShingle | Özgür Sunay Adnan Menderes Self Cannibalism of Fingers in an Alzheimer Patient Balkan Medical Journal Alzheimer cannibalism |
| title | Self Cannibalism of Fingers in an Alzheimer Patient |
| title_full | Self Cannibalism of Fingers in an Alzheimer Patient |
| title_fullStr | Self Cannibalism of Fingers in an Alzheimer Patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self Cannibalism of Fingers in an Alzheimer Patient |
| title_short | Self Cannibalism of Fingers in an Alzheimer Patient |
| title_sort | self cannibalism of fingers in an alzheimer patient |
| topic | Alzheimer cannibalism |
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