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Linkage analysis of anorexia nervosa incorporating behavioral covariates.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Mar 2002
Devlin Bernie, Bacanu Silviu-Alin, Klump Kelly L, Bulik Cynthia M, Fichter Manfred M, Halmi Katherine A, Kaplan Allan S, Strober Michael, Treasure Janet, Woodside D Blake, Berrettini Wade H, Kaye Walter H
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Eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN), have genetic and environmental underpinnings. To explore genetic contributions to AN, we measured psychiatric, personality and temperament phenotypes of individuals diagnosed with eating disorders from 196 multiplex families, all accessed through an AN proband, as well as genotyping a battery of 387 short tandem repeat (STR) markers...
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