Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma 2 Pro12Ala gene variant is strongly associated with larger body mass in the Taiwanese

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1267-1270

  Lei, H H ^a,b,c   Chen, M H ^a,b,c   Yang, W S ^a,b,c   Chiu, M C ^a,b,c   Chen, M C ^a,b,c   Tai, T Y ^a,b,c   Chuang, L M ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 3P; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0033787614     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/meta.2000.9517     Document Type: Article

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