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Variants in the Obesity-Linked FTO gene locus modulates psychopathological features of patients with Anorexia Nervosa.
Gene - 30 May 2021
González Luz M, García-Herráiz Angustias, Mota-Zamorano Sonia, Flores Isalud, Albuquerque David, Gervasini Guillermo
Abstract excerpt
Our aim was to determine whether variability in the fat mass obesity (FTO) gene locus, consistently related to obesity, affects the risk of eating disorders (ED) and/or the psychopathology displayed by these patients. We analyzed 26 tag-single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that capture FTO variability in 352 ED patients [233 with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) and 119 with binge-eating] and 396 controls....
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