Combined Family Trio and Case-Control Analysis of the COMT Val158Met Polymorphism in European Patients with Anorexia Nervosa

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 124 B, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-72

  Gabrovsek, M ^a,c   Brecelj Anderluh, M ^b   Bellodi, L ^f   Cellini, E ^g   Di Bella, D ^f   Estivill, X ^e   Fernandez Aranda, F ^e   Freeman, B ^c   Geller, F ^h   Gratacos, M ^e   Haigh, R ^c   Hebebrand, J ^h   Hinney, A ^h   Holliday, J ^c   Hu, X ^c   Karwautz, A ^d   Nacmias, B ^g   Ribases, M ^e   Remschmidt, H ^h   Komel, R ^a   Sorbi, S ^g   Tomori, M ^b   Treasure, J ^c   Wagner, G ^d   Zhao, J ^c   Collier, D A ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Psychiatric Clinic Ljubljana   (Slovenia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Univ Clin Neuropsychiat C/A   (Austria)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^f DSNP   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^h PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Candidate genes; Catechol O methyltransferase (COMT); Dopamine; Eating disorders

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENE PRODUCT; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ALLELISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0346101809     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.20085     Document Type: Article

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