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Estimating the Prevalence and Genetic Risk Mechanisms of ARFID in a Large Autism Cohort
9 Jun 2021
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This study is the first genetically-informed investigation of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), an eating disorder that profoundly impacts quality of life for those affected. ARFID is highly comorbid with autism, and we provide the first estimate of its prevalence in a large and phenotypically diverse autism cohort (a subsample of the SPARK study,N= 5,157 probands). This estimate, 21% (at a...
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