The CART gene and human obesity: Mutational analysis and population genetics

Diabetes

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 872-875

  Challis, Benjamin G ^a   Yeo, Giles S H ^a   Farooqi, I Sadaf ^a   Luan, Jian'an ^b   Aminian, Shiva ^a   Halsall, David J ^a   Keogh, Julia M ^a   Wareham, Nicholas J ^b   O'Rahilly, Stephen ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; DNA; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME X;

EID: 0034074643     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.49.5.872     Document Type: Article

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