Genome Wide Association (GWA) Study for Early Onset Extreme Obesity Supports the Role of Fat Mass and Obesity Associated Gene (FTO) Variants

• Anke Hinney ,

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: anke.hinney@uni-due.de

  Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Thuy Trang Nguyen,

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, Philipps-University of Marburg, Bunsenstr, Marburg, Germany

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• André Scherag,

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Susann Friedel,

  Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Günter Brönner,

  Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Timo Dirk Müller,

  Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Harald Grallert,

  Affiliation Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit (GSF), Institute of Epidemiology, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany

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• Thomas Illig,

  Affiliation Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit (GSF), Institute of Epidemiology, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany

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• H.-Erich Wichmann,

  Affiliation Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit (GSF), Institute of Epidemiology, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany

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• Winfried Rief,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Philipps-University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

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• Helmut Schäfer,

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, Philipps-University of Marburg, Bunsenstr, Marburg, Germany

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• Johannes Hebebrand

  Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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