Association of catecholamine-O-methyltransferase and 5-HTTLPR genotype with eating disorder-related behavior and attitudes in females with eating disorders

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 205-208

  Frieling, Helge ^a   Römer, Konstanze D ^a   Wilhelm, Julia ^a   Hillemacher, Thomas ^a   Kornhuber, Johannes ^a   De Zwaan, Martina ^a   Jacoby, Georg E ^b   Bleich, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Hospital for Eating Disorders   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; COMT; Eating disorder; Eating Disorder Inventory 2; Genotyping; Phenotypes

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MONOAMINERGIC NERVE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BASE SEQUENCE; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA PRIMERS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 33748751178     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ypg.0000218620.50386.f1     Document Type: Article

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