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Analyses of twins as well as adopted children have shown that obesity has a considerable genetic component. An identical by descent (IBD) study in obese patients with very early onset of the disease has been performed in order to evaluate the linkage of the leptin receptor gene (OB-R) to obesity. Forty-eight couples of discordant (affected-unaffected) Italian sibs have been chosen. Two highly polymorphic...
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