Identification of the Bc/I polymorphism in the glucocorticoid receptor gene: Association with sensitivity to glucocorticoids in vivo and body mass index

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 585-592

  Van Rossum, Elisabeth F C ^a   Koper, Jan W ^a   Van Den Beld, Annewieke W ^a   Uitterlinden, André G ^a   Arp, Pascal ^a   Ester, Wietske ^a   Janssen, Joop A M J L ^a   Brinkmann, Albert O ^a   De Jong, Frank H ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^b   Pols, Huibert A P ^a   Lamberts, Steven W J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GENOMIC DNA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE BCLI; GLUCOCORTICOID; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; DNA SEQUENCE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTOR GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DEXAMETHASONE; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0242320285     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01888.x     Document Type: Article

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