Lessons from extreme human obesity: monogenic disorders.

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America (Print)

• Publication date

  2008-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.ecl.2008.07.003PMID 18775361PMCID PMC5877402
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