Friday, May 20, 2016

Coprophagia linked to neurodegenerative dementia

Coprophagia linked to neurodegenerative dementia:

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Coprophagia, eating one’s feces, is common in animals but rarely seen in humans. Mayo Clinic researchers reviewed the cases of a dozen adult patients diagnosed with coprophagia over the past 20 years and found that the behavior is associated with a wide range of neuropsychiatric disorders, particularly neurodegenerative dementias.


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