The quantitative trait locus on chromosome 2 for serum leptin levels is confirmed in African-Americans

Diabetes

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 643-644

  Rotimi, Charles N ^a   Comuzzie, Anthony G ^c   Lowe, William L ^b   Luke, Amy ^a   Blangero, John ^c   Cooper, Richard S ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032972276     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.48.3.643     Document Type: Article

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