Emerging trends in the search for genetic variants predisposing to human obesity.

doi:10.1097/01.mco.0000078997.96795.03

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Emerging trends in the search for genetic variants predisposing to human obesity.

Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care - 1 Jul 2003

Swarbrick Michael M, Vaisse Christian

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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The models currently proposed for the genetic architecture of obesity are critically reviewed in the light of recent developments in the search for genetic causes of this condition. RECENT FINDINGS: As for many other 'complex' diseases, most of the genetic variants predisposing to human obesity have not yet been identified. To date, investigation of the genetic contribution to obesity has been...

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