Molecular biology of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and obesity

Clinical Handbook of Eating Disorders: An Integrated Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 323-348

  Grice, Dorothy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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