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The genetics of eating disorders.
Current topics in behavioral neurosciences - 1 Jan 2011
Helder Sietske G, Collier David A
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The eating disorders anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder and allied diagnoses such as eating disorder not otherwise specified are common, complex psychiatric disorders with a significant genetic component. Aetiology is unknown, but both phenotypic characteristics and genetic factors appear to be shared across these disorders, and indeed patients often change between diagnostic...
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