Successful Treatment with Atomoxetine of an Adolescent Boy with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Extreme Obesity, and Reduced Melanocortin 4 Receptor Function

OBJECTIVE: Recent case reports suggest a link between reduced melanocortinergic tone and both obesity and attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We present the case of a 13-year-old, male, obese MC4R mutation carrier with ADHD. CASE REPORT: The boy carries a heterozygous mutation in the...

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Publicado en:Obes Facts
Autores principales: Pott, Wilfried, Albayrak, Özgür, Hinney, Anke, Hebebrand, Johannes, Pauli-Pott, Ursula
Formato: Artigo
Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: S. Karger GmbH 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5644743/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23493066
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000348792
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