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Cognitive-behavioral or psychodynamic therapy for people with bulimia nervosa

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  1. Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Via Cadore 48, 20900, Monza, Italy

    Antonios Dakanalis & Massimo Clerici

  2. Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

    Antonios Dakanalis

  3. Applied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Laboratory, IRCSS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy

    Giuseppe Riva

  4. Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Giuseppe Riva

  5. Department of Neuroscience, Functional Pharmacology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

    Santino Gaudio

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Dakanalis, A., Riva, G., Gaudio, S. et al. Cognitive-behavioral or psychodynamic therapy for people with bulimia nervosa. Eat Weight Disord 22, 555–556 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-017-0412-y

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