Obesity and WAGR syndrome.
We describe a 15-year-old boy with WAGR syndrome and obesity and suggest that obesity should be added to the WAGR spectrum. It is also suggested that a putative gene for obesity might be located within the 11p13 band.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D017624:WAGR Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*