Heritability of plasma leptin levels: A twin study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-31

  Narkiewicz, Krzysztof ^a   Szczech, Radoslaw ^a   Winnicki, Mikolaj ^a   Chrostowska, Marzena ^a   Pawlowski, Ryszard ^a   Lysiak Szydlowska, Wieslawa ^a   Choe, Ian ^b   Kato, Masahiko ^b   Sivitz, William I ^b   Krupa Wojciechowska, Barbara ^a   Somers, Virend K ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Leptin; Obesity; Twins

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LEPTIN BLOOD LEVEL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0033014245     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199917010-00005     Document Type: Article

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