Fat mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO) is associated to eating disorders susceptibility and moderates the expression of psychopathological traits

• Giovanni Castellini ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Giovanni Castellini, Marica Franzago

  Affiliations Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health. University of Florence, Florence, Italy, Sexual Medicine and Andrology Unit, Department of Experimental, Clinical and Biomedical Sciences. University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Marica Franzago ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Giovanni Castellini, Marica Franzago

  Affiliation Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio University” Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

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• Silvia Bagnoli,

  Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health. University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Lorenzo Lelli,

  Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health. University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Michela Balsamo,

  Affiliation Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio University” Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

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• Milena Mancini,

  Affiliation Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio University” Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

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• Benedetta Nacmias,

  Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health. University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Valdo Ricca,

  Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health. University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Sandro Sorbi,

  Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health. University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Ivana Antonucci,

  Affiliation Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio University” Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

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• Liborio Stuppia ,

  * E-mail: stuppia@unich.it

  Affiliation Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio University” Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

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• Giovanni Stanghellini

  Affiliations Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, “G. d’Annunzio University” Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy, D. Portales’ University, Santiago, Chile

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