Mutations in the glucokinase gene of the fetus result in reduced birth weight

Nature Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 268-270

  Hattersley, Andrew T ^a   Beards, Frances ^a   Ballantyne, Elizabeth ^a   Appleton, Maggie ^a   Harvey, Rod ^b   Ellard, Sian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; FETUS GROWTH; GENE MUTATION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOKINASE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN; MUTATION;

EID: 0031859976     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/953     Document Type: Article

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