Eating disorders: From twin studies to candidate genes and beyond

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 467-482

  Slof Op't Landt, Margarita C T ^a,b,c   Van Furth, Eric F ^a   Meulenbelt, Ingrid ^b   Slagboom, P Eline ^b   Bartels, Meike ^c   Boomsma, Dorret I ^c   Bulik, Cynthia M ^d  

^a Center for Eating Disorders Ursula   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EATING DISORDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TWINS;

ANOREXIA; BULIMIA; EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 27144487008     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242705774310114     Document Type: Article

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