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Melatonin for an obese child with MC4R gene variant showing epilepsy and disordered sleep: A case report
BACKGROUND: Abnormalities in the melanocortin receptor 4 (MC4R) gene often lead to obesity, but are rarely associated with other conditions such as epilepsy and sleep disorder. CASE SUMMARY: Here, we present a case of a male obese child with a heterozygous variant in MC4R (c.494G>A, p.Arg165Gln)...
Autores principales: | Ge, Wen-Rong, Wan, Lin, Yang, Guang |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Baishideng Publishing Group Inc
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8040176/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33889637 http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v9.i11.2688 |
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