Melanocortin-4 receptor mutations are a frequent and heterogeneous cause of morbid obesity

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 253-262

  Vaisse, Christian ^a,b,c   Clement, Karine ^a,b   Durand, Emmanuelle ^b   Hercberg, Serge ^d   Guy Grand, Bernard ^b   Froguel, Philippe ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE DE LILLE   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBID OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033927916     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI9238     Document Type: Article

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