Association study of the BDNF gene polymorphism (G196A) with overweight/obesity among women from Northwest of Iran

Association study of the BDNF gene polymorphism (G196A) with overweight/obesity among women from Northwest of Iran

Abstract Background Obesity is a health problem defined by surplus body fat accumulation and is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Earlier studies indicated the influence of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) molecular alterations in the development of obesity. One of these...

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Main Authors: Haneieh Honarmand, Mortaza Bonyadi, Abbas Rafat, Reza Mahdavi, Fereshteh Aliasghari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-02-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics
Subjects:
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
Obesity
Polymorphism
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43042-020-00130-z

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