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Anorexia nervosa and major depression: shared genetic and environmental risk factors.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Mar 2000
Wade T D, Bulik C M, Neale M, Kendler K S
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OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to derive heritability estimates for anorexia nervosa and to explore the etiology of the comorbid relationship between anorexia nervosa and major depression. METHOD: They applied bivariate structural equation modeling to a broad definition of anorexia nervosa and lifetime major depression as assessed in a population-based sample of 2,163 female twins. RESULTS: Anorexia nervosa was...
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