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Association between serotonin transporter gene polymorphism and eating disorders outcome: a 6-year follow-up study.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 1 Jul 2012
Castellini Giovanni, Ricca Valdo, Lelli Lorenzo, Bagnoli Silvia, Lucenteforte Ersilia, Faravelli Carlo, Sorbi Sandro, Nacmias Benedetta
Abstract excerpt
Eating disorder patients show different long-term outcomes, and trait-related alterations of serotonergic function, which might be related with the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene. We studied the relationships between 5-HTTLPR polymorphism, eating specific and general psychopathology and the long-term outcome of anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) patients. We evaluated the distribution of the...
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