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A study of acid phosphatase locus 1 in women with high fat content and normal body mass index.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Mar 2009
De Lorenzo Antonino, Di Renzo Laura, Puja Alberto, Saccucci Patrizia, Gloria-Bottini Fulvia, Bottini Egidio
Abstract excerpt
De Lorenzo and coworkers have recently described a class of women with normal body mass index (BMI) and high fat content (normal weight obese syndrome [NWO]). This observation prompted us to study the possible role of acid phosphatase locus 1 (ACP(1)) in the differentiation of this special class of obese subjects. Acid phosphatase locus 1 is a polymorphic gene associated with severe obesity and with total...
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