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Weight loss after gastric bypass is associated with a variant at 15q26.1.
American journal of human genetics - 2 May 2013
Hatoum Ida J, Greenawalt Danielle M, Cotsapas Chris, Daly Mark J, Reitman Marc L, Kaplan Lee M
Abstract excerpt
The amount of weight loss attained after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery follows a wide and normal distribution, and recent evidence indicates that this weight loss is due to physiological, rather than mechanical, mechanisms. To identify potential genetic factors associated with weight loss after RYGB, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 693 individuals undergoing RYGB and then...
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