Browsing by Subject "Obesity"
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Delayed diagnosis of Prader-Willi syndrome in a 24 year-old patient
(2010)Background: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is the most common known genetic cause of life-threatening obesity in children. The purpose of the study was to present the case of a delayed diagnosis of PWS in a 24-year-old male ...
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The GNB3 C825T polymorphism and essential hypertension: A meta-analysis of 34 studies including 14 094 cases and 17 760 controls
(2007)OBJECTIVES: The C825T single nucleotide polymorphism of the G-protein β3 (GNB3) has been implicated in susceptibility to essential hypertension, through the expression of an alternatively spliced truncated variant. In an ...
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High cardiorespiratory fitness is inversely associated with incidence of overweight in adolescence: A longitudinal study
(2014)To assess the association of baseline cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with incidence of overweight over a 4.6-year period in adolescence. In a cohort of 4878 adolescents, we assessed body mass index in years 2001-2003 and ...
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In vivo high-resolution magic angle spinning magnetic resonance spectroscopy of Drosophila melanogaster at 14.1 T shows trauma in aging and in innate immune-deficiency is linked to reduced insulin signaling
(2010)In vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), a non-destructive biochemical tool for investigating live organisms, has yet to be used in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, a useful model organism for investigating ...
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A pregnant patient with adrenocortical carcinoma: Case report
(2012)Background: Coexistence of an adrenocortical carcinoma and pregnancy is extremely rare with only 25 described cases so far, and has a poor prognosis. Case Report: We report the case of a 28-year-old patient with adrenocortical ...
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Stress management can facilitate weight loss in Greek overweight and obese women: A pilot study
(2013)Background: Stress and negative emotions have been shown to be critical factors in inducing overeating as a form of maladaptive coping in obese people. Methods: The present study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of an 8-week ...