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Correlation between serum leptin and its gene expression to the anthropometric measures in overweight and obese children.
Cellular and molecular biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France) - 31 Jan 2018
Eldosouky Maha K, Abdu Allah Azza M, AbdElmoneim Abeer, Al-Ahmadi Najat Saaeid
Abstract excerpt
Obesity is a multifactor disorder with evidence supporting the role of the genetic factor in its etiology. The present study evaluates the relationship between leptin G2548A (rs7799039) and leptin receptors (Gln223Arg (rs1137101) genotyping and its leptin level and the risk of childhood obesity. This case-control study was conducted on 168 overweight and obese Saudi children and 126 non obese one served as...
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