Comment: Naturally occurring mutations in the melanocortin receptor 3 gene are not associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in French Caucasians

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2895-2898

  Hani, El Habib ^a   Dupont, Sophie ^a   Durand, Emmanuelle ^a   Dina, Christian ^a   Gallina, Sophie ^a   Gantz, Ira ^b   Froguel, Philippe ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE DE LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 20Q; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ADULT; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 3; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035380668     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.6.2895     Document Type: Review

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