Death during therapeutic starvation for obesity

Lancet. 1968 Jun 15;1(7555):1288-90. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(68)92299-x.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Fasting / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Heart Failure / complications
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Obesity / complications
  • Obesity / therapy*
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / etiology*
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / mortality*