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Melanocortin-4 receptor polymorphisms in Turkish pediatric obese patients.
Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis - 1 Feb 2011
Demiralp Duygu Ozel, Berberoglu Merih, Akar Nejat
Abstract excerpt
The most common Melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) missense variant Val103Ileu (rs2229616) is related to obesity. In this study, we examined the distribution of MC4R polymorphisms both in the clinical pediatric obese group and in the high/lowsocioeconomic school group. 24 probable exogene obese children without family history (group I), 66 probable familial obese children (group II), and 111 complicated obese...
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