The insulin gene VNTR is associated with fasting insulin levels and development of juvenile obesity

Nature Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 444-446

  Le Stunff, Catherine ^a,b   Fallin, Daniele ^c   Schork, Nicholas J ^b,c,d   Bougnères, Pierre ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^b Genset Corporation   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASTING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LINEAR MODELS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033662314     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/82579     Document Type: Article

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