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Sex influences on shared risk factors for bulimia nervosa and other psychiatric disorders.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Mar 2004
Wade Tracey D, Bulik Cynthia M, Prescott Carol A, Kendler Kenneth S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The examination of opposite-sex and same-sex dizygotic twins allows us to explore the sex-specific comorbidity of psychiatric disorders. To date, this question has not been explored in eating disorders. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether sex influences shared risk factors between bulimia nervosa (BN) and other forms of psychopathology. DESIGN: The study examines associations between BN and other forms of...
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