Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a complex disorder with a strong genetic component.
Comorbidities are frequent and there is substantial overlap with other disorders. The lack of …

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious mental illness characterized by severe dietary restriction
that leads to high rates of morbidity, chronicity, and mortality. Unfortunately, effective …

Background Anorexia nervosa is a multifactorial eating disorder that manifests with self‐
starvation, extreme anxiety, hyperactivity, and amenorrhea. Long‐term effects include organ …

Polygenic factors are relevant for the genetic predispositions to the eating disorder anorexia
nervosa (AN). The most recent genome-wide association study (GWAS) for AN comprised …

Anorexia nervosa is a perplexing illness with the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric
disease. In this paper, we review the genetic research on anorexia nervosa (AN). Family …

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a disease defined by inappropriate weight loss and maintenance
of body weight< 85% of that expected for weight and height; it is most common in adolescent …

Anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are complex disorders associated with
disordered eating behavior. Heritability estimates derived from twin and family studies are …

Background Even though the evidence supporting the presence of a heritable component in
the aetiology of anorexia nervosa (AN) is strong, the underlying genetic mechanisms remain …

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a devastating disorder with evidence of underexplored heritability.
Twin and family studies estimate heritability (h 2) to be 57%–64%, and genome‐wide …

We performed association studies with 5,151 SNPs that were judged as likely candidate
genetic variations conferring susceptibility to anorexia nervosa (AN) based on location …