Glucose transporter 4 gene: Association studies pertaining to alleles of two polymorphisms in extremely obese children and adolescents and in normal and underweight controls

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 967, Issue , 2002, Pages 554-557

  Friedel, Susann ^a   Antwerpen, Benjamin ^a   Hoch, Anne ^a   Vogel, Constanze ^a   Grassl, Wolfgang ^a   Geller, Frank ^a   Hebebrand, Johannes ^a   Hinney, Anke ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

GLUT4; Weight regulation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ALLELE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0036298105     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04316.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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