title: Candidate gene studies in eating disorders.
abstract: It has become increasingly clear that biological factors contribute to the etiology of eating disorders. Vulnerability to anorexia and bulimia nervosa is due, at least in part, to the effect of genes. The purpose of this paper is to review the extant literature on association studies of putative candidate genes for eating disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry at the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Mass, USA.
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tozzi
authors.forename: Andrew W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Bergen
authors.forename: Cynthia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bulik
mesh_terms: D000856:Anorexia Nervosa; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders; D006801:Humans