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Monogenic obesity in humans.
Annual review of medicine - 1 Jan 2005
Farooqi I Sadaf, O'Rahilly Stephen
Abstract excerpt
Until relatively recently, the small number of identifiable inherited human diseases associated with marked obesity were complex, pleiotropic developmental disorders, the molecular basis for which were entirely obscure. The molecular basis for many of these complex syndromes, such as Bardet Beidl syndrome, has been revealed, providing novel insights into processes essential for human hypothalamic function and...
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