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Evidence for a susceptibility gene for anorexia nervosa on chromosome 1.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Mar 2002
Grice D E, Halmi K A, Fichter M M, Strober M, Woodside D B, Treasure J T, Kaplan A S, Magistretti P J, Goldman D, Bulik C M, Kaye W H, Berrettini W H
Abstract excerpt
Eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa (AN), have a significant genetic component. In the current study, a genomewide linkage analysis of 192 families with at least one affected relative pair with AN and related eating disorders, including bulimia nervosa, was performed, resulting in only modest evidence for linkage, with the highest nonparametric linkage (NPL) score, 1.80, at marker D4S2367 on chromosome 4....
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