A missense mutation in the human melanocortin-4 receptor gene in relation to abdominal obesity and salivary cortisol

Diabetologia

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1335-1338

  Rosmond, R ^a   Chagnon, M ^b   Bouchard, C ^b   Bjorntorp P ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Genes; Melanocortin receptor; Polymorphism; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL;

ABDOMEN; ALLELES; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; OBESITY; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; SALIVA;

EID: 0034771191     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250100649     Document Type: Article

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