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A brief update of glucocorticoid receptor variants and obesity risk.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Nov 2006
Rosmond Roland, Radulovic Vladimir, Holm Göran
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Excess body fat, obesity, is one of the most common disorders in clinical practice. Obese individuals are at increased risk for physical ailments, such as type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension, and several types of cancer. The location of the body fat is a major determinant of the degree of excess morbidity and mortality due to obesity. More specifically, the amount of subcutaneous truncal or...
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