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Published on: October 22, 2015
Characterization of genetic variation in the VGLL4 gene in anorexia nervosa
Toni-Kim Clarke1, Richard C Crist, Glenn A Doyle
1aDepartment of Psychiatry, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia bDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania cDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland dDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota eNew York Presbyterian Hospital-Westchester Division, Weill Medical College of Cornell, University, White Plains, New York fEating Recovery Center, Denver, Colorado gDepartment of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina hNeuropsychiatric Research Institute, Fargo iDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Fargo, North Dakota jDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles kCenter for Health Sciences, SRI International, Menlo Park lDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego, San Diego mScripps Genomic Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California nDepartment of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida oDepartment of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan pClinical Psychology Program, American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA qRoseneck Hospital for Behavioral Medicine, Prien rDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany sCenter for Addiction and Mental Health tDepartment of Psychiatry, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network uDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada vDepartment of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology, and Biotechnology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy wDepartment of Academic Psychiatry, Bermondsey Wing Guys Hospital, University of London, London, UK xBrain Mind Institute EPFL - Lausanne and Center for Psyc
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