[Infantile anorexia nervosa].

Infantile anorexia nervosa is different from anorexia nervosa of the adolescent; it occurs early in life, more often since the use of milk powder. The main pathway is the dyadic unit "mother and child"; the author reports two female cases of unequivalent severities, with 6 months back-up. Various presentations are discussed and focused on the struggle and duality between the mother and the child as a major element in the genesis of infantile anorexia nervosa; no organic illness was found, preventive attitude is proposed.