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Human obesity does not segregate with the chromosomal regions of Prader-Willi, Bardet-Biedl, Cohen, Borjeson or Wilson-Turner syndromes.
International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity - 1 Sept 1995
Reed D R, Ding Y, Xu W, Cather C, Price R A
Abstract excerpt
Prader-Willi, Bardet-Biedl, Cohen, Borjeson and Wilson-Turner syndromes are genetic disorders characterized by obesity and other diverse abnormalities. These disorders have been mapped to their respective chromosomal regions, and we hypothesize that each region contains a gene or genes important in the regulation of body weight. We tested this hypothesis by genotyping sibling pairs (n = 207; 17 markers) from 44...
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