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Bardet-Biedl syndrome 1 genotype and obesity in the Newfoundland population.
International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity - 1 May 2004
Fan Y, Rahman P, Peddle L, Hefferton D, Gladney N, Moore S J, Green J S, Parfrey P S, Davidson W S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Obesity is one of the primary clinical features of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS), a genetically heterogeneous disorder that is usually inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. It has been suggested that heterozygous carriers of BBS are predisposed to obesity. We set out to identify the common mutation in BBS1 families from southwest Newfoundland and to examine the relationship between...
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