Genome-wide scan of obesity in finnish sibpairs reveals linkage to chromosome Xq24

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3183-3190

  Öhman, Miina ^a   Oksanen, Laura ^b   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b,c   Koskenvuo, Markku ^d   Mustajoki, Pertti ^e   Rissanen, Aila ^f   Salmi, Jorma ^g   Kontula, Kimmo ^b   Peltonen, Leena ^a,b,h  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e PEIJAS HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHROMOSOME XQ; FINLAND; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

EID: 0033694150     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.85.9.3183     Document Type: Article

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