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New Variants Linked to Body Mass Index
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Title New Variants Linked to Body Mass Index
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/585356?src=rss
Description Several of the newly discovered variants are strongly expressed in the brain or function in the central nervous system and point to a genetic basis for variations in appetite regulation. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Diabetes and Endocrinology
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Date Dec 16, 2008
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