The genetics of obesity syndromes /

Obesity is one of the most important contributing factors to disease throughout the world and is an area of great current interest among researchers and clinicians. The genetics of common obesity is complex, and an important thread through this labyrinth is the study of genetic syndromes in which ob...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Beales, Philip L., Farooqi, I. Sadaf, O'Rahilly, S. (Stephen)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009.
Colección:Oxford monographs on medical genetics ; no. 56.
Temas:
Obesity > Genetic aspects.
Syndromes.
Obesity > genetics
Obesity > etiology
Syndrome
Obésité > Aspect génétique.
MEDICAL > Endocrinology & Metabolism.
MEDICAL > Nutrition.
Syndromes
Obesity > Genetic aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A practical guide to the clinical assessment and investigation of obesity / I. Sadaf Farooqi
  • Human leptin and leptin receptor deficiency / I. Sadaf Farooqi and Stephen O'Rahilly
  • Pro-opiomelanocortin deficiency / Heike Krude and Annette Grüters
  • Prohormone convertase 1 / Robert S. Jackson
  • Human melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency / I. Sadaf Farooqi and Stephen O'Rahilly
  • Albrights hereditary osteodystrophy, pseudoparathyroidism and other GNAS-associated syndromes / Louise C. Wilson
  • The clinical and molecular genetics of Alström syndrome / Gayle B. Collin [and others]
  • The clinical, molecular and functional genetics of Bardet-Biedl syndrome / Alison Ross, Philip L. Beales and Josephine Hill
  • The Börjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome / Joanna Crawford [and others]
  • Cohen syndrome / Kate E. Chandler, Forbes D.C. Manson
  • Prader-Willi syndrome / Rachel Wevrick
  • Syndromes with obesity / Philip L. Beales, Raoul Hennekam.

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