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Pica behaviors in schizophrenia: a call for further research

open access: yesJournal of Eating Disorders, 2021
Pica as a scavenging behavior represents a serious health hazard to the care of patients with schizophrenia. Despite the rare comorbidity of pica eating disorder and schizophrenia, pica behaviors are relatively common in this group of patients (1.5% vs ...
Mohsen Khosravi
doaj   +1 more source

The association between pica during pregnancy and household food security status [PDF]

open access: yesMajallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān, 2017
Introduction: Pica is an eating disorder characterized by persistent ingestion of non-nutrition substances including: soil or clay (Geophagia), corn or laundry starch (Amylophagia) and ice or freezer frost (Pagophagia).
Neda Ezzeddin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comment on ``Granular Entropy: Explicit Calculations for Planar Assemblies''

open access: yes, 2007
A Comment on the Letter by Raphael Blumenfeld and Sam F. Edwards, [Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 114303 (2003)]
Ciamarra, Massimo Pica
core   +1 more source

Pica – Mind over matter: a case report

open access: yesSri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry, 2016
The geneses, treatment and outcome of pica remains the subject of much debate. Data regarding pica in adults and in schizophrenia is limited. We present the case of a forty-year old male who presented with subacute intestinal obstruction.
S. S. Ratnatunga   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The influence of pica practice on nutritional status, stress and anxiety of pregnant women

open access: yesClinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2022
Pica is a minor disorder in pregnancy associated with strong craving for food or non -food substances of little or no nutritional value. Objective: The study assesses the characteristics of pica practice among pregnant women and evaluates its influence ...
Susila Francis   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Target Embolization of Dilated Post-PICA Segment for Ruptured PICA-Involved Type Vertebral Artery Dissecting Aneurysm

open access: yesJNET, 2021
Objective: In parent artery occlusion (PAO) for ruptured vertebral artery dissecting aneurysms (RVADA), target embolization using coils in a short segment to occlude only the vasodilated area containing the rupture point is selected as a first-choice ...
Koichiro Shindo   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of the effect of Microvit supplementation and Ferrodrop oral drop on primary parameters of hemogram and serum minerals in 20-days-old healthy and with pica lambs [PDF]

open access: yesĀsīb/shināsī-i Darmāngāhī-i Dāmpizishkī, 2020
Pica is one of the disorders that has high potential for inducing various damages such as poisoning, digestive accumulation, botulism, weakening of the immune system, weight loss, etc. in ruminants farms and for years, the researcher has encountered this
Samad Lotfollahzadeh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Revealing the structure of land plant photosystem II: the journey from negative‐stain EM to cryo‐EM

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Advances in cryo‐EM have revealed the detailed structure of Photosystem II, a key protein complex driving photosynthesis. This review traces the journey from early low‐resolution images to high‐resolution models, highlighting how these discoveries deepen our understanding of light harvesting and energy conversion in plants.
Roman Kouřil
wiley   +1 more source

Case Report: Bow Hunter's Syndrome Caused by Compression of Extracranially Originated Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2021
Bow hunter's syndrome (BHS) is most commonly caused by compression of the vertebral artery (VA). It has not been known to occur due to an extracranially originated posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA), the first case of which we present herein.
Noriya Enomoto   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pica: Consideration of a Historical and Current Problem with Racial Ethnic/ Cultural Overtones [PDF]

open access: yes, 1989
Pica is an eating disorder that affects an individual who experiences a craving that is satisfied by ingestion of either unusually large amounts of selected food items (e.g., baking soda) or repeated ingestion of nonfood items (e.g., clay, laundry starch)
Lacey, Ella P.
core   +1 more source

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