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Progress in the genetics of common obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Expert reviews in molecular medicine - 26 Feb 2010
Vimaleswaran Karani S, Loos Ruth J F
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The prevalence of obesity and diabetes, which are heritable traits that arise from the interactions of multiple genes and lifestyle factors, continues to rise worldwide, causing serious health problems and imposing a substantial economic burden on societies. For the past 15 years, candidate gene and genome-wide linkage studies have been the main genetic epidemiological approaches to identify genetic loci for...
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