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No association of the neuropeptide Y (Leu7Pro) and ghrelin gene (Arg51Gln, Leu72Met, Gln90Leu) single nucleotide polymorphisms with eating disorders.
Nordic journal of psychiatry - 1 Jun 2011
Kindler Jochen, Bailer Ursula, de Zwaan Martina, Fuchs Karoline, Leisch Friedrich, Grün Bettina, Strnad Alexandra, Stojanovic Mirjana, Windisch Julia, Lennkh-Wolfsberg Claudia, El-Giamal Nadja, Sieghart Werner, Kasper Siegfried, Aschauer Harald
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genetic factors likely contribute to the biological vulnerability of eating disorders. AIMS: Case-control association study on one neuropeptide Y gene (Leu7Pro) polymorphism and three ghrelin gene (Arg51Gln, Leu72Met and Gln90Leu) polymorphisms. METHODS: 114 eating disorder patients (46 with anorexia nervosa, 30 with bulimia nervosa, 38 with binge eating disorder) and 164 healthy controls were...
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