Type II diabetes, essential hypertension, and obesity as 'syndromes of impaired genetic homeostasis': The 'thrifty genotype' hypothesis enters the 21st century

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 44-74

  Neel, James V ^a   Weder, Alan B ^a   Julius, Stevo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHESIS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNDROME X;

EID: 0032453237     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.1998.0060     Document Type: Review

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