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The impact of adverse life events and the serotonin transporter gene promoter polymorphism on the development of eating disorder symptoms.
Journal of psychiatric research - 1 Jan 2012
Akkermann Kirsti, Kaasik Kadri, Kiive Evelyn, Nordquist Niklas, Oreland Lars, Harro Jaanus
Abstract excerpt
Adverse life events have been shown to predict weight fluctuations and dietary restraint, as well as eating disorders during adolescence or early adulthood. Since the s-allele carriers of the 5-HTT gene-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) are biologically more reactive to stress related stimuli, we aimed to explore whether the eating disturbances are predicted by environmental stressors and moderated by the...
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