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Brain derived neurotrophic factor gene Val66Met and -270C/T polymorphisms and personality traits predisposing to anorexia nervosa.
Neuro endocrinology letters - 1 Apr 2007
Rybakowski Filip, Dmitrzak-Weglarz Monika, Szczepankiewicz Aleksandra, Skibinska Maria, Slopien Agnieszka, Rajewski Andrzej, Hauser Joanna
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OBJECTIVES: Polymorphisms in BDNF gene has been proposed, as susceptibility loci for stress-related psychiatric disorders. Several lines of molecular and biochemical evidence point to the role of BDNF in anorexia nervosa (AN). Personality traits may constitute the intermediate phenotypes between...
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