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Investigation of the serotonin transporter regulatory region polymorphism in bulimia nervosa: relationships to harm avoidance, nutritional parameters, and psychiatric comorbidity.
Psychosomatic medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Monteleone Palmiero, Santonastaso Paolo, Mauri Mauro, Bellodi Laura, Erzegovesi Stefano, Fuschino Antonio, Favaro Angela, Rotondo Alessandro, Castaldo Eloisa, Maj Mario
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Genes involved in 5HT transmission have been supposed to contribute to the biologic vulnerability for bulimia nervosa (BN). Because a long (L) and a short (S) variant of the promoter region of the 5HT transporter gene have been identified, we tested whether the 5HTT gene-linked polymorphic region (5HTTLPR) could represent a susceptibility factor for BN and/or could be related to nutritional parameters,...
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