An association study of the A218C polymorphism of the tryptiophan hydroxylase I gene with eating disorders in a Korean population: A pilot study

Psychiatry Investigation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-49

  Kim, Youl Ri ^a   Woo, Jong Min ^a   Heo, Si Young ^b   Kim, Jeong Hyun ^a   Lim, Soo Jin ^a   Yu, Bum Hee ^c  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

^b Nanum Eating Disorders Clinic   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bulimia nervosa; Eating disorders; Obsessionality; Tryptophan hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOPATHY; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 1 GENE;

EID: 64249123735     PISSN: 17383684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2009.6.1.44     Document Type: Article

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