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Psychological and weight-related characteristics of patients with anorexia nervosa-restricting type who later develop bulimia nervosa

Hiroki Nishimura1, Gen Komaki1*, Tetsuya Ando1, Toshihiro Nakahara2, Takakazu Oka3, Keisuke Kawai4, Toshihiko Nagata5, Aya Nishizono6, Yuri Okamoto7, Kenjiro Okabe8, Masanori Koide9, Chikara Yamaguchi10, Satoshi Saito11, Kazuyoshi Ohkuma12, Katsutaro Nagata13, Tetsuro Naruo14, Masato Takii4, Nobuo Kiriike5, Toshio Ishikawa15 and Japanese Genetic Research Group for Eating Disorders1

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Psychosomatic Research, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira-shi, Tokyo 187-8553, Japan

2 Department of Social Science and Medicine, Course for Health Science, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima-shi, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan

3 Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, Department of Neurology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahata-Nishi-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka 807-8555, Japan

4 Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan

5 Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-4-3 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 545-8585, Japan

6 Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, 2-1-8 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8585, Japan

7 Health Service Center, Hiroshima University, 1-7-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima-shi, Hiroshima 739-8521, Japan

8 Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Tenri Hospital, 200 Mishima-cho, Tenri-shi, Nara 632-8552, Japan

9 Department of Internal Medicine, Hoshigaoka Maternity Hospital, 27 Inoue-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 464-0026, Japan

10 Division of General Medicine and Neuropsychiatry, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1195, Japan

11 Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, S-1, W-16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido 060-8543, Japan

12 Department of Internal Medicine, Yufuin Kohseinenkin Hospital, 252 Kawaminami, Ufuin-cho, Ufu-shi, Oita, 879-5193, Japan

13 Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayam, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan

14 Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Nogami Hospital, 1-4-1 Komatsubara, Kagoshima-shi, Kagoshima 891-0114, Japan

15 Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Kohnodai Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 1-7-1 Kohnodai, Ichikawa-shi, Chiba 272-8516, Japan

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BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008, 2:5 doi:10.1186/1751-0759-2-5

Published: 12 February 2008

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Japanese Genetic Research Group for Eating Disorders. The investigators in this multi-site study group.

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