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Identification of the MC4R start lost mutation in a morbidly obese Brazilian patient

BACKGROUND: Melanocortin 4 receptor gene (MC4R) is an important regulator of food intake, body weight, and blood pressure. Mutations in MC4R are associated with the most common form of nonsyndromic monogenic obesity. MC4R variations have an autosomal co-/dominant model of inheritance. MC4R screening...

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Autores principales: da Fonseca, Ana Carolina Proença, Abreu, Gabriella de Medeiros, Zembrzuski, Verônica Marques, Junior, Mario Campos, Carneiro, João Regis Ivar, Magno, Fernanda Cristina C Mattos, Rosado, Eliane Lopes, Nogueira Neto, José Firmino, de Cabello, Giselda Maria Kalil, Cabello, Pedro Hernán
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6388727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30863132
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S189455