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Results 1 - 10 of 71 for Obesity
  1. Congenital leptin deficiency 
    ... leptin deficiency is a condition that causes severe obesity beginning in the first few months of life. ... and leads to chronic excessive eating (hyperphagia) and obesity. Beginning in early childhood, affected individuals develop abnormal ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/congenital-leptin-deficiency - Genetics
  2. Leptin receptor deficiency 
    ... receptor deficiency is a condition that causes severe obesity beginning in the first few months of life. ... hunger leads to chronic excessive eating (hyperphagia) and obesity. Beginning in early childhood, affected individuals develop abnormal ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/leptin-receptor-deficiency - Genetics
  3. Cohen syndrome 
    ... white blood cells (neutropenia), overly friendly behavior, and obesity that develops in late childhood or adolescence. When obesity is present, it typically occurs around the torso, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/cohen-syndrome - Genetics
  4. LEP gene 
    ... This Health Condition LEP_HUMAN LEPD leptin (murine obesity homolog) leptin (obesity homolog, mouse) OB obese protein obese, mouse, homolog of obesity factor OBS Tests of LEP PubMed LEPTIN; LEP ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/lep - Genetics
  5. Proopiomelanocortin deficiency 
    Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) deficiency causes severe obesity that begins at an early age. In addition to obesity, people with this condition have low levels of a hormone known ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/proopiomelanocortin-deficiency - Genetics
  6. CHOPS syndrome 
    ... including cognitive impairment, coarse facial features, heart defects, obesity, lung (pulmonary) involvement, short stature, and skeletal abnormalities. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/chops-syndrome - Genetics
  7. Prader-Willi syndrome 
    ... hunger, which leads to chronic overeating (hyperphagia) and obesity. Some people with Prader-Willi syndrome, particularly those with obesity, also develop type 2 diabetes (the most common ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/prader-willi-syndrome - Genetics
  8. Adiposis dolorosa 
    ... often in women who are overweight or have obesity, and signs and symptoms typically appear between ages ... occurs in people who are overweight or have obesity, or why the signs and symptoms do not ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/adiposis-dolorosa - Genetics
  9. WAGR syndrome 
    ... breathing problems, and allergies. Some affected children have obesity. When WAGR syndrome includes childhood-onset obesity, it is often referred to as WAGRO syndrome. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/wagr-syndrome - Genetics
  10. ALMS1 gene 
    ... to handle excess glucose, leading to diabetes and obesity (two common features of Alström syndrome). It is ... Nishina PM, Naggert JK. Mutations in ALMS1 cause obesity, type 2 diabetes and neurosensory degeneration in Alstrom ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/alms1 - Genetics
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