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Results 1 - 6 of 6 for Proopiomelanocortin deficiency
  1. Proopiomelanocortin deficiency 
    ... POMC deficiency Genetic Testing Registry: Obesity due to pro-opiomelanocortin deficiency Obesity due to pro-opiomelanocortin deficiency National Organization ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/proopiomelanocortin-deficiency - Genetics
  2. POMC gene 
    ... POMC gene have been found in people with proopiomelanocortin (POMC) deficiency. These gene mutations lead to production of an ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/pomc - Genetics
  3. 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
  4. Obesity in Children (National Library of Medicine)  
    Obesity means having too much body fat. It is different from being overweight, which means weighing too much. Both terms mean that a person's weight is greater ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/obesityinchildren.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. Setmelanotide Injection 
    ... are obese due to certain inherited conditions including proopiomelanocortin (POMC), 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