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Next-generation sequence analysis of genes associated with obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease-related cirrhosis in extreme obesity.
Human heredity - 1 Jan 2013
Gerhard Glenn S, Chu Xin, Wood G Craig, Gerhard Genevieve M, Benotti Peter, Petrick Anthony T, Gabrielsen Jon, Strodel William E, Still Christopher D, Argyropoulos George
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have led to the identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms in or near several loci that are associated with the risk of obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). We hypothesized that missense variants in GWAS and related candidate genes may underlie cases of extreme obesity and NAFLD-related cirrhosis, an extreme manifestation of NAFLD....
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