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Characteristics of monozygotic twins discordant for bulimia nervosa.

The International journal of eating disorders - 1 Jan 2001

Bulik C M, Wade T D, Kendler K S

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OBJECTIVE: We studied monozygotic (MZ) twins who were discordant for bulimia nervosa in order to identify environmental factors that could have contributed to the expression of bulimia nervosa in only one member of these genetically identical twin pairs. METHOD: Female twin pairs from the Virginia Twin Registry were identified. One twin met DSM-III-R criteria for bulimia nervosa (excluding the frequency and...

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PMID: 11135326
DOI: 10.1002/1098-108x(200101)29:1<1::aid-eat1>3.0.co;2-j

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