Mirror extreme BMI phenotypes associated with gene dosage at the chromosome 16p11.2 locus.
Both obesity and being underweight have been associated with increased mortality. Underweight, defined as a body mass index (BMI) ≤ 18.5 kg per m(2) in adults and ≤ -2 standard deviations from the mean in children, is the main sign of a series of heterogeneous clinical conditions including failure t...
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| Formato: | Journal article |
| Idioma: | English |
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2011
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