UID:
almafu_9958125474602883
Format:
1 online resource (305 p.)
ISBN:
9786611268473
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9781281268471
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128126847X
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9783805584302
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380558430X
Series Statement:
Frontiers of hormone research, v. 36
Content:
It has become increasingly difficult to keep up with the growing body of literature on the genetics, metabolic phenotype and treatment of obesity. This volume brings together an array of chapters from many of the foremost authorities and researchers in this area. Key advances in the genetics of obesity are summarized and the effects of obesity in pregnancy, childhood and old age explored. By scrutinizing the hormones and enzymes most recently implicated in the development, maintenance and consequences of obesity, the biochemical and physiological background of the abnormal metabolism of obesit
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Monogenic Human Obesity; Polygenic Contribution to Obesity: Genome- Wide Strategies Reveal New Targets; Genetic Obesity Syndromes; Fetal and Neonatal Pathways to Obesity; Developmental Origins of Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome: The Role of Maternal Obesity; Childhood Obesity; Obesity in Old Age; Models of 'Obesity' in Large Animals and Birds; The Beta-Cell in Type 2 Diabetes and in Obesity; Role of the Endocannabinoid System in Energy Balance Regulation and Obesity; 11 beta -Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 and Obesity; Gut and Hormones and Obesity
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Adipokines in ObesityThe Role of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase in Obesity; Classical Endocrine Diseases Causing Obesity; Emerging Concepts in the Medical and Surgical Treatment of Obesity; The Sociology of Obesity; Obesity in Art - A Brief Overview; Author Index; Subject Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783805584296
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3805584296
Language:
English
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