The power of the extreme in elucidating obesity

N Engl J Med. 2008 Aug 28;359(9):891-3. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp0805396.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Appetite / physiology
  • Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / genetics*
  • Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / metabolism
  • Child
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
  • Gene Deletion*
  • Humans
  • Hypothalamus / metabolism
  • Life Style
  • Microsatellite Repeats
  • Obesity / genetics*
  • Risk Factors
  • WAGR Syndrome / genetics*

Substances

  • Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor