DNA methylation in individuals with anorexia nervosa and in matched normal-eater controls: A genome-wide study

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 874-882

  Booij, Linda ^a,b,c   Casey, Kevin F ^b   Antunes, Juliana M ^d   Szyf, Moshe ^e   Joober, Ridha ^c,d   Israël, Mimi ^c,d   Steiger, Howard ^c,d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

anorexia nervosa; body mass index; brain development; DNA methylation; eating disorders; epigenetics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BINGE-EATING DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944154075     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22374     Document Type: Article

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