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Lack of association between anorexia nervosa and D3 dopamine receptor gene.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Jan 1998
Bruins-Slot L, Gorwood P, Bouvard M, Blot P, Adès J, Feingold J, Schwartz J C, Mouren-Siméoni M C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Evidence from family and twin studies suggests a genetic contribution to the etiology of anorexia nervosa. Different genes could contribute to the vulnerability to anorexia nervosa, but dopamine could be more specifically implicated in anorexia nervosa because of pharmacologic, endocrine, and neurobiological specificities. The dopamine receptor D3 (DRD3) may be of additional interest, since it is...
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