Linkage and association studies between the melanocortin receptors 4 and 5 genes and obesity-related phenotypes in the Quebec family study

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 663-673

  Chagnon, Yvon C ^a   Chen, Wen Ji ^b   Pérusse, Louis ^a   Chagnon, Monique ^a   Nadeau, André ^c   Wilkison, William O ^b   Bouchard, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN;

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA DETERMINATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METABOLIC RATE; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT;

EID: 0031455342     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03401705     Document Type: Article

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