A common promoter variant of the leptin gene is associated with changes in the relationship between serum leptin and fat mass in obese girls

Diabetes

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2196-2200

  Le Stunff, Catherine ^a,f   Le Bihan, Christine ^b   Schork, Nicholas J ^c,d,e,f   Bougnères, Pierre ^a,f,g  

^a Cochin St Vincent de Paul Hospital ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Genset Corporation   (United States)

^g INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033661267     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.49.12.2196     Document Type: Article

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