The Leu72Met polymorphism of the ghrelin gene is significantly associated with binge eating disorder

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-16

  Monteleone, Palmiero ^a   Tortorella, Alfonso ^a   Castaldo, Eloisa ^a   Di Filippo, Carmela ^a   Maj, Mario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Association study; Binge eating disorder; Ghrelin; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BULIMIA; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; PEPTIDE HORMONES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REFERENCE VALUES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33845650810     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YPG.0b013e328010e2c3     Document Type: Article

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