Investigation of a Genome Wide Association Signal for Obesity: Synthetic Association and Haplotype Analyses at the Melanocortin 4 Receptor Gene Locus

• André Scherag ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: André Scherag, Ivonne Jarick

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

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• Ivonne Jarick ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: André Scherag, Ivonne Jarick

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

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• Jessica Grothe,

  Affiliation Institute of Experimental Paediatric Endocrinology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Heike Biebermann,

  Affiliation Institute of Experimental Paediatric Endocrinology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Susann Scherag,

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

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• Anna-Lena Volckmar,

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

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• Carla Ivane Ganz Vogel,

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

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• Brandon Greene,

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

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• Johannes Hebebrand,

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

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• Anke Hinney

  * E-mail: UUanke.hinney@uni-due.deUU

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

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