[Monogenic disorders of human obesity].

Abstract excerpt

Although the recent pandemic of obesity is apparently driven by environmental factors, the influence of genetic factors has also increasingly been recognized. Monogenic inheritance of obesity has been documented in several human disorders and some of their etiological basis has been elucidated at the molecular level. The frequency of these monogenic diseases is generally very rare, but their elucidation gives an...

Topics

• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Humans
• Leptin
• Obesity
• Receptors, Leptin