Several mutations in the melanocortin-4 receptor gene including a nonsense and a frameshift mutation associated with dominantly inherited obesity in humans

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1483-1486

  Hinney, A ^a   Schmidt, A ^a   Nottebom, K ^a   Heibult O ^a   Becker, I ^a   Ziegler, A ^a   Gerber, G ^a   Sina, M ^a   Gorg T ^a   Mayer, H ^b   Siegfried, W ^c   Fichter, M ^d   Remschmidt, H ^a   Hebebrand, J ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Children's Hospital Hochried   (Germany)

^c Obersity Treatment Center Insula   (Germany)

^d Klinik Roseneck   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BULIMIA; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONSENSE MUTATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0033343736     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.84.4.5728     Document Type: Article

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