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Hypothalamic Obesity after Craniopharyngioma: Mechanisms, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Obesity is a common complication after craniopharyngioma therapy, occurring in up to 75% of survivors. Its weight gain is unlike that of normal obesity, in that it occurs even with caloric restriction, and attempts at lifestyle modification are useless to prevent or treat the obesity. The pathogenes...

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Autor principal: Lustig, Robert H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Research Foundation 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3356006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22654817
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2011.00060