The genetics of obesity syndromes / edited by Philip L. Beales, I. Sadaf Farooqi, Stephen O'Rahilly.

Date:
2009
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Publication/Creation

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Physical description

x, 288 pages : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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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    Medical Collection
    WD210 2009b36g
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  • 9780195300161
  • 0195300165