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Relevance of the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism and childhood abuse to increased psychiatric comorbidity in women with bulimia-spectrum disorders.
The Journal of clinical psychiatry - 1 Jun 2008
Richardson Jodie, Steiger Howard, Schmitz Norbert, Joober Ridha, Bruce Kenneth R, Israel Mimi, Gauvin Lise, Anestin Annelie S, Dandurand Cathy, Howard Heidi, de Guzman Rosherrie
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OBJECTIVE: Individuals with bulimia nervosa have been shown to display heterogeneous profiles of comorbid psychiatric disturbance, possibly due to varying degrees of genetic and environmental vulnerability. Using information about comorbid psychiatric disturbances, we developed an empirically based classification of individuals with bulimia-spectrum disorders, and then explored whether or not the resulting...
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