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Encyclopedia of Medicine | Pica (1287 words) |
 | Some of the most commonly described types of pica are eating earth, soil or clay (geophagia), ice (pagophagia) and starch (amylophagia). |
| Amylophagia usually involves the consumption of cornstarch and, less frequently, laundry starch. |
| Amylophagia during pregnancy can mimic gestational diabetes in its presentation and even in its potential harmful effects on the fetus. |
| Arch Fam Med -- Amylophagia Presenting as Gestational Diabetes, July 2000, Jackson and Martin 9 (7): 649 (1746 words) |
| Amylophagia, or the practice of eating purified starch, has |
| We propose that amylophagia is an often neglected confounding |
| Menge H, Lang A, Cuntze H. Pica in Germany: amylophagia as the etiology of iron deficiency anemia. |
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