The Use of a Promotor of Oxytocin Receptor Gene for Diagnosing Eating Disorders

摘要

The present invention relates to novel biomarkers and the use thereof for the eating disorder diagnosis, and more particularly to using a characteristic of the methylation pattern of the specific region of the promoter of the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene , anorexia nervosa (Anorexia Nervosa, AN) to the use as a diagnostic marker. ;