The N363S polymorphism in the glucocorticoid receptor gene is associated with overweight in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 237-241

  Roussel, Ronan ^a   Reis, André F ^b,c   Dubois Laforgue, Danièle ^a   Bellanné Chantelot, Christine ^d   Timsit, José ^a   Velho, Gilberto ^b,e  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Centre Hospitalier Général   (France)

^e HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN NR3C1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 0041664880     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01831.x     Document Type: Article

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