β3-adrenergic-receptor polymorphism: A genetic marker for visceral fat obesity and the insulin resistance syndrome

Diabetologia

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 200-204

  Sakane, N ^a   Yoshida, T ^a   Umekawa, T ^a   Kondo, M ^a   Sakai, Y ^b   Takahashi, T ^b  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Bio College Kyoto   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 adrenergic receptor gene; Genetics; Insulin resistance syndrome; Obesity; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY CONSTITUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-3;

EID: 0031020920     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250050663     Document Type: Article

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