Article
5-HT(2A) gene promoter polymorphism as a modifying rather than a vulnerability factor in anorexia nervosa.
European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists - 1 Jul 2002
Kipman A, Bruins-Slot L, Boni C, Hanoun N, Adès J, Blot P, Hamon M, Mouren-Siméoni M, Gorwood P
Abstract excerpt
The A allele of the 5-HT(2A) gene (-1438A/G polymorphism) has been associated with anorexia nervosa in four studies, but not in three others. One possibility to explain such a discrepancy is that the A allele acts as a modifying rather than a vulnerability allele. To test this hypothesis, we increased our initial sample of 102 trios left open bracket Mol. Psychiatry 7 (2002) 90 right open bracket with 43 new...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
