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Original Articles

Association study of common functional genetic polymorphisms in SLC6A4 (5-HTT) and MAOA genes with obesity in portuguese children

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Pages 1510-1515 | Received 28 Feb 2020, Accepted 02 Jun 2020, Published online: 18 Jun 2020

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