Defective melanocortin 4 receptors in hyperphagia and morbid obesity

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1160-1163

  List, James F ^a   Habener, Joel F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

DNA POLYMORPHISM; EDITORIAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; MORBID OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY;

ALPHA-MSH; BULIMIA; HUMANS; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEPTIN; MUTATION; OBESITY; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN;

EID: 0037456774     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe030013     Document Type: Editorial

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