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Genetics of Anorexia Nervosa
This is a multicenter NIH funded study to collect diagnostic and other phenotypic data and blood samples from multiplex anorexia nervosa kindreds. These data will become part of a national archival resource for genetic studies of anorexia nervosa. UNC is both one of the statistical cores as well as an adjunct clinical participant collection site.
Link to the study website here.
Publications from this study:
1. Kaye, W.H., Bulik, C.M., Plotnicov, K., Thornton, L., Devlin, B., Fichter, M., Treasure, J., Kaplan, A., Woodside, D., Johnson, C., Halmi, K., Brandt, H., Crawford, S., Mitchell, J., Strober, M., Berrettini, W., Jones, I. (2008) The Genetics of Anorexia Nervosa (GAN) Collaborative Study: Methods and sample description. International Journal of Eating Disorders 41, 289-300.
2. Bulik, C.M., Thornton, L., Pinheiro, A.P., Klump, K.L., Brandt, H., Crawford, S., Fichter, M.M., Halmi, K.A., Johnson, C., Kaplan, A.S., Mitchell, J., Strober, M., Woodside, D.B., Berrettini, W.H., Kaye., W.H. (2008) Suicide attempts in anorexia nervosa. Psychosomatic Medicine, 70, 378-83.