Obesity genes: Identifying single genes involved in polygenic inheritance is not easy

BMJ

Volumn 322, Issue 7287, 2001, Pages 630-631

  Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^a   Echwald, Søren M ^b  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; LEPTIN;

EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHERITANCE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN ZYGOSITY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; NOTE;

ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; OBESITY;

EID: 0035901236     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.630     Document Type: Editorial

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