Body composition and fatness patterns in prader-willi syndrome: Comparison with simple obesity

Obesity

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1685-1690

  Theodora, Mariana F ^a,b   Talebizadeh, Zohreh ^a   Butler, Merlin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat and lean ratios; Genetic subtypes; Percentage fat; Percentage lean; Prader willi syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; UNIPARENTAL DISOMY;

EID: 33846807589     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2006.193     Document Type: Article

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