Clinical spectrum of obesity and mutations in the melanocortin 4 receptor gene

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1085-1095

  Farooqi, I Sadaf ^b   Keogh, Julia M ^b   Yeo, Giles S H ^b   Lank, Emma J ^b   Cheetham, Tim ^a   O'Rahilly, Stephen ^a,b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERPHAGIA; INHERITANCE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GROWTH; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OBESITY; PEDIGREE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN;

EID: 0037456768     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa022050     Document Type: Article

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