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Results 1 - 7 of 7 for Leptin receptor deficiency
  1. Leptin receptor deficiency 
    Leptin receptor deficiency is a condition that causes severe obesity beginning in the first few months of life. Affected individuals are of normal weight at ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/leptin-receptor-deficiency - Genetics
  2. LEPR gene 
    ... At least 18 LEPR gene mutations that cause leptin receptor deficiency have been identified; this disorder is associated with ... extreme weight gain.Because hypogonadotropic hypogonadism occurs in leptin receptor deficiency, researchers suggest that leptin receptor signaling is also ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/lepr - Genetics
  3. Setmelanotide Injection 
    ... proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 1 (PCSK1), or leptin receptor (LEPR) deficiency (inherited conditions that cause severe obesity) or Bardet- ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a622059.html - Drugs and Supplements
  4. Obesity (National Library of Medicine)  
    Obesity means having too much body fat. It is different from being overweight, which means weighing too much. The weight may come from muscle, bone, fat, and/ ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/obesity.html - Health Topics
  5. Prescription Medications to Treat Overweight & Obesity From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)  
    Weight Control/Treatments and Therapies ... Weight Control ... National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases ... From the National Institutes of Health
    https://www.niddk.nih.gov/...on-medications-treat-overweight-obesity - External Health Links
  6. Congenital leptin deficiency 
    ... the hypothalamus, the binding of leptin to its receptor triggers a series of chemical signals that affect hunger and help produce a feeling of fullness (satiety).LEP gene mutations that cause congenital leptin deficiency lead to an absence of leptin. As a ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/congenital-leptin-deficiency - Genetics
  7. LEP gene 
    ... the hypothalamus, the binding of leptin to its receptor triggers a series of chemical signals that affect hunger and help produce a feeling of fullness (satiety). At least seven LEP gene mutations that cause congenital leptin deficiency have been identified. This disorder is associated with ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/lep - Genetics