Rare mutation renders leptin present but inactive

05 Jan 2015


A newly identified mutation in the leptin gene causes early-onset extreme obesity by rendering the protein biologically inactive rather than absent; the findings were reported this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. Medscape


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