Dominant and recessive inheritance of morbid obesity associate with melanocortin 4 receptor deficiency

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 271-279

  Farooqi, I Sadaf ^a   Yeo, Giles S H ^a   Keogh, Julia M ^a   Aminian, Shiva ^a   Jebb, Susan A ^b   Butler, Gary ^c   Cheetham, Tim ^d   O'Rahilly, Stephen ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE;

EID: 0343953074     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI9397     Document Type: Article

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