Article
[Genetic obesity: new diagnostic options].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 1 Jan 2017
de Vries T I, Alsters S I M, Kleinendorst L, van Haaften G, van der Zwaag B, Van Haelst M M
Abstract excerpt
- Obesity is an important risk factor for morbidity and premature death, as well as a contributing factor to psychosocial problems. The incidence of obesity has increased dramatically over the last few decades.- Obesity is considered to be a multifactorial condition in which both environmental factors and genetic factors play a part.- In approximately 5% of patients with morbid obesity, a monogenic cause can be...
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