Genetics of human obesity

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 391-404

  Boutin, Philippe ^a,b,c   Froguel, Philippe ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association studies; Genetics; Genome wide scans; Leptin; Leptin receptor; Linkage disequilibrium; Linkage studies; MC4R; Multifactorial disease; Obesity; POMC; Positional cloning; Susceptibility genes for obesity

Indexed keywords

FURIN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONOGENIC DISORDER; OBESITY; POSITION EFFECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034803988     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/beem.2001.0153     Document Type: Article

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