Treatment for identical twins simultaneously developing an eating disorder precipitated by COVID-19 pandemic home quarantine

• Main Authors: Pang, Nicholas Tze Ping, Lee, Sze Chet, Ng, Chun Keat, Hii, Jia Wen, Mohd Amiruddin Mohd Kassim
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Medical Communications 2020
• Subjects: RC346-429 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system Including speech disorders
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34580/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34580/2/FULLTEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34580/; https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov/resource/pt/covidwho-1791640; https://doi.org/10.15557/PiPK.2021.0033

An eating disorder presenting simultaneously in identical twins remains a rarity in the literature. In this case report, we describe monozygotic twins who presented simultaneously with anorexia nervosa as a psychological effect of COVID-19 home quarantine. Both twins were previously well but develop...