Understanding the genetic predisposition to anorexia nervosa

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 84-95

  Pieri, Lorenzo F ^a   Campbell, David A ^b  

^a SEACROFT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; REVIEW; SIBLING;

EID: 0033038444     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0968(199905)7:2<84::AID-ERV288>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Review

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