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Human obesity: a heritable neurobehavioral disorder that is highly sensitive to environmental conditions.

Diabetes ·Vol. 57 ·No. 11 ·2008-11-00 ·Pages 2905-10

O'Rahilly S, Farooqi IS

Abstract

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MeSH Terms
Adiposity Appetite/genetics,physiology Energy Metabolism Genetic Diseases, Inborn/metabolism,physiopathology Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics Humans Obesity/genetics,metabolism,physiopathology
Authors & Affiliations
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O'Rahilly Stephen
University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, [email protected]
Farooqi I Sadaf
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Article Info
Journal
Diabetes
Abbr.
Diabetes
ISSN
1939-327X
DOI
10.2337/db08-0210
Email
[email protected]
Published
2008-11-00
Pages
2905-10
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0372763
PMCID
PMC2570383
Subset
IM
Grants
Wellcome Trust · 082390 · United Kingdom
Medical Research Council · G9824984 · United Kingdom
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.2337/db08-0210 PMC Full Text View journal details
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