Identification of new sequence variants in the leptin gene

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3239-3242

  Karvonen, Matti K ^a   Pesonen, Ullamari ^a   Heinonen, Paula ^a   Laakso, Markku ^b   Rissanen, Aila ^c   Naukkarinen, Hannu ^d   Valve, Raisa ^b   Uusitupa, Matti I J ^b   Koulu, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FINLAND; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0031741688     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.83.9.5135     Document Type: Article

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