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Pathophysiology and clinical characteristics of hypothalamic obesity in children and adolescents

The hypothalamus plays a key role in the regulation of body weight by balancing the intake of food, energy expenditure, and body fat stores, as evidenced by the fact that most monogenic syndromes of morbid obesity result from mutations in genes expressed in the hypothalamus. Hypothalamic obesity is...

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Main Authors: Kim, Ja Hye, Choi, Jin-Ho
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4027083/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24904871
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.6065/apem.2013.18.4.161
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