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Monogenic leptin deficiency in early childhood obesity

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Noha A. Mousa, Fatma El‐Mougy, Mona Hafez, Seham Khodeera, Mohamed Alhelbawy, Engy Fouda, Suzan Elsheikh, Rasha Elkaffas, Marwa Elsharkawy

Pediatric Obesity

Abstract

Leptin deficiency is considered a significant cause of monogenic obesity in Egyptian children with early-onset obesity as the diagnosis of these patients would be a perfect target for recombinant leptin therapy.

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