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Genetic Obesity Syndromes

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A number of genetic obesity syndromes have been identified by sequencing candidate genes in patients with severe obesity. Many of the initial findings emerged from studying families who displayed a classical Mendelian pattern of inheritance; however, with more comprehensive genome wide approaches, increasingly more complex models of inheritance are likely to emerge. The functional and physiological characterization of the human obesity syndromes has provided information that has diagnostic value (Fig. 2.1), has led to specific treatments in some patients and continues to provide insights into the mechanisms involved in the regulation of body weight in humans.

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  1. Metabolic Diseases Unit, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, 289, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK

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Farooqi, I.S., O’Rahilly, S. (2014). Genetic Obesity Syndromes. In: Grant, S. (eds) The Genetics of Obesity. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8642-8_2

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