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Investigation of 3111T/C polymorphism of the CLOCK gene in obese individuals with or without binge eating disorder: association with higher body mass index.
Neuroscience letters - 11 Apr 2008
Monteleone Palmiero, Tortorella Alfonso, Docimo Ludovico, Maldonato Mauro N, Canestrelli Benedetta, De Luca Luca, Maj Mario
Abstract excerpt
Loss of circadian patterning of metabolism-related functions seems to play a role in the pathogenesis of obesity; therefore, it is reasonable to hypothesize that the functional 3111T/C single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the (Circadian locomotor output cycles kaput) CLOCK gene may have a part...
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