Genetic causes of obesity;Genetiske årsaker til fedme

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 125, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 3090-3093

  Wangensteen, Teresia ^a,b   Undlien, Dag ^a,b   Tonstad, Serena ^a   Retterstøl, Lars ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

APPETITE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOGENIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; APPETITE; CHILD; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; OVERWEIGHT; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 28444461779     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: 00292001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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