[ENPP1, the first example of common genetic link between childhood and adult obesity and type 2 diabetes].

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Clinical studies have established the strong link between obesity and type 2 diabetes, especially in children, where the rising prevalence of childhood severe obesity has preceded the recent emergence of early-onset forms of "diabesity". These data suggested a common genetic background shared by both conditions, which was also supported by the identification by genome scans of several diabesity chromosomal...

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