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A search for susceptibility loci for anorexia nervosa: methods and sample description.
Biological psychiatry - 1 May 2000
Kaye W H, Lilenfeld L R, Berrettini W H, Strober M, Devlin B, Klump K L, Goldman D, Bulik C M, Halmi K A, Fichter M M, Kaplan A, Woodside D B, Treasure J, Plotnicov K H, Pollice C, Rao R, McConaha C W
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BACKGROUND: Eating disorders have not traditionally been viewed as heritable illnesses; however, recent family and twin studies lend credence to the potential role of genetic transmission. The Price Foundation funded an international, multisite study to identify genetic factors contributing to the pathogenesis of anorexia nervosa (AN) by recruiting affective relative pairs. This article is an overview of study...
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