Psychiatry Research
Volume 120, Issue 3 , Pages 219-229 , 15 October 2003

Implications of compulsive and impulsive traits for serotonin status in women with bulimia nervosa

  • Howard Steiger

      Affiliations

    • Eating Disorders Program, Douglas Hospital, 6875 LaSalle Blvd, Verdun, Quebec H4H 1R3, Canada
    • Research Center, Douglas Hospital, 6875 LaSalle Blvd, Verdun, Quebec H4H 1R3, Canada
    • Psychiatry Department, McGill University, 1033 Pine Ave. W., Montreal QC, H4H 1R3, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-514-761-6131; fax: +1-514-888-4085
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  • Mimi Israël

      Affiliations

    • Eating Disorders Program, Douglas Hospital, 6875 LaSalle Blvd, Verdun, Quebec H4H 1R3, Canada
    • Research Center, Douglas Hospital, 6875 LaSalle Blvd, Verdun, Quebec H4H 1R3, Canada
    • Psychiatry Department, McGill University, 1033 Pine Ave. W., Montreal QC, H4H 1R3, Canada
    • ,
  • Lise Gauvin

      Affiliations

    • Research Center, Douglas Hospital, 6875 LaSalle Blvd, Verdun, Quebec H4H 1R3, Canada
    • Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montreal, C.P. 6128 Succ. Centre-ville, Montreal, H3C 357, Canada
    • ,
  • N.M.K Ng Ying Kin

      Affiliations

    • Research Center, Douglas Hospital, 6875 LaSalle Blvd, Verdun, Quebec H4H 1R3, Canada
    • Psychiatry Department, McGill University, 1033 Pine Ave. W., Montreal QC, H4H 1R3, Canada
    • ,
  • Simon N Young

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Department, McGill University, 1033 Pine Ave. W., Montreal QC, H4H 1R3, Canada

Received 1 April 2003 ,Revised 1 July 2003 ,Accepted 22 July 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00195-1

Psychiatry Research
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