Neuroendocrinology: New hormone treatment for obesity caused by POMC-deficiency.
Neuroendocrinology: New hormone treatment for obesity caused by POMC-deficiency.
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神经内分泌学:针对 POMC 缺乏引起的肥胖的新激素治疗。
DOI:
10.1038/nrendo.2016.156
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2016
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Low,MalcolmJ
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Low,MalcolmJ
In 1998, two children with congenital adrenal insufficiency and early-onset morbid obesity were found to have causative null mutations inPOMC. In a new study, therapy with the melanocortin-4 receptor agonist setmelanotide has for the first time brought hope of a normal life to patients withPOMC-deficiency.