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Selection of eating-disorder phenotypes for linkage analysis.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 5 Nov 2005
Bulik Cynthia M, Bacanu Silviu-Alin, Klump Kelly L, Fichter Manfred M, Halmi Katherine A, Keel Pamela, Kaplan Allan S, Mitchell James E, Rotondo Alessandro, Strober Michael, Treasure Janet, Woodside D Blake, Sonpar Vibhor A, Xie Weiting, Bergen Andrew W, Berrettini Wade H, Kaye Walter H, Devlin Bernie
Abstract excerpt
Vulnerability to anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) arise from the interplay of genetic and environmental factors. To explore the genetic contribution, we measured over 100 psychiatric, personality, and temperament phenotypes of individuals with eating disorders from 154 multiplex families accessed through an AN proband (AN cohort) and 244 multiplex families accessed through a BN proband (BN cohort)....
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