Genome-wide association study of morbid obesity in Han Chinese

Abstract Background As obesity is becoming pandemic, morbid obesity (MO), an extreme type of obesity, is an emerging issue worldwide. It is imperative to understand the factors responsible for huge weight gain in certain populations in the modern society. Very few genome-wide association studies (GW...

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Main Authors: Kuang-Mao Chiang, Heng-Cheng Chang, Hsin-Chou Yang, Chien-Hsiun Chen, Hsin-Hung Chen, Wei-Jei Lee, Wen-Harn Pan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Genetics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-019-0797-x