Genetic and environmental contributions to diagnostic fluctuation in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
CONCLUSIONS: Our study supports shared mechanisms for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa and extends the literature from self-reported behavioural measures to clinical diagnosis. The findings encourage future molecular genetic research on both eating disorders and emphasize clinical vigilance for symptom fluctuation between them.
PMID: 31658910 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Psychological Medicine - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Yao S, Larsson H, Norring C, Birgegård A, Lichtenstein P, DʼOnofrio BM, Almqvist C, Thornton LM, Bulik CM, Kuja-Halkola R Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research
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