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Anorexia Nervosa In Male Family Member Increases Female Members' Risk Nine-Fold.
2001 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women contract full or partial anorexia nervosa more than nine times more frequently when a man in the family has the eating disorder, a new University of California, Los Angeles, study shows.
The study, published in the April 2001 edition of the International Journal of Eating Disorders, is the first familial study of men with anorexia nervosa. The results are similar to those of recent studies showing elevated rates of anorexia nervosa within families of women with the disorder.
"Although anorexia nervosa is exceedingly rare in men, our findings suggest that similar genetic factors in both sexes can cause the disease," said Dr. Michael Strober, lead author of the study and director of the Eating Disorders Program at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. "We hope one day to isolate specific genetic factors behind eating disorders and use that information to create more effective diagnostic and treatment methods."
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