The genetics of obesity syndromes /
edited by Philip L. Beales, I. Sadaf Farooqi, Stephen O'Rahilly.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [(c)2009.]
- 1 online resource (x, 288 pages) : illustrations
- Oxford monographs on medical genetics ; 56 .
- Oxford monographs on medical genetics ; no. 56. .
Includes bibliographies and index.
A practical guide to the clinical assessment and investigation of obesity / Human leptin and leptin receptor deficiency / Pro-opiomelanocortin deficiency / Prohormone convertase 1 / Human melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency / Albrights hereditary osteodystrophy, pseudoparathyroidism and other GNAS-associated syndromes / The clinical and molecular genetics of Alström syndrome / The clinical, molecular and functional genetics of Bardet-Biedl syndrome / The Börjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome / Cohen syndrome / Prader-Willi syndrome / Syndromes with obesity / I. Sadaf Farooqi -- I. Sadaf Farooqi and Stephen O'Rahilly -- Heike Krude and Annette Grüters -- Robert S. Jackson -- I. Sadaf Farooqi and Stephen O'Rahilly -- Louise C. Wilson -- Gayle B. Collin [and others] -- Alison Ross, Philip L. Beales and Josephine Hill -- Joanna Crawford [and others] -- Kate E. Chandler, Forbes D.C. Manson -- Rachel Wevrick -- Philip L. Beales, Raoul Hennekam.
Obesity is one of the most important contributing factors to disease throughout the world and is an area of great current interest among researchers and clinicians. The genetics of common obesity is complex, and an important thread through this labyrinth is the study of genetic syndromes in which obesity is a major component.