Methods for predicting susceptibility to obesity and obesity-associated health problems

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APP PUB NO 20030032099A1
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10117983

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Methods for determining an individual's susceptibility to obesity or to a health disorder associated with obesity, comprising detecting an allele at a polymorphic site genetically linked to the resistin gene locus, wherein the allele is further linked to obesity, and wherein detection of the allele is indicative of the patient's susceptibility to a health disorder associated with obesity are provided. Also included in the present disclosure are nucleic acid molecules containing allelic variants at polymorphic sites.

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MCGILL UNIVERSITY1555 PEEL STREET 11TH FLOOR MONTREAL H3A 3L8

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Engert, James C Montreal, CA 2 3
Gaudet, Daniel Chicoutimi, CA 11 11
Hudson, Thomas J Montreal, CA 18 96
Lepage, Pierre Montreal, CA 5 12
Vohl, Marie-Claude Cap-Rouge, CA 4 3
Williams, Scott M Nashville, TN 14 202

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