Anorexia nervosa, perfectionism, and dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4)

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 748-756

  Bachner Melman, Rachel ^a,b   Lerer, Elad ^c   Zohar, Ada H ^d   Kremer, Ilana ^e   Elizur, Yoel ^a   Nemanov, Lubov ^c   Golan, Moria ^a,f   Blank, Shulamit ^g   Gritsenko, Inga ^c   Ebstein, Richard P ^a,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^d RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

^e HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f Shahaf   (Israel)

^g KAPLAN HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; AVPR1a; DRD4; Endophenotype; IGF2; Perfectionism

Indexed keywords

ARGININE VASOPRESSIN 1A RECEPTOR; ARGIPRESSIN; ARGIPRESSIN RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELISM; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSESSION; PERFECTIONISM; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EXONS; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; PERSONALITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 34548700826     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30505     Document Type: Article

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