ob gene mutations and human obesity

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 471-475

  Farooqi, Sadaf ^a   Rau, Harald ^a   Whitehead, Jonathan ^a   O'Rahilly, Stephen ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; PROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 7; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; OBESITY; PROTEINS;

EID: 0032130049     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS19980067     Document Type: Article

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