Indication for linkage of the human OB gene region with extreme obesity

Diabetes

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 687-690

  Clement, Karine ^a,b   Garner, Chad ^d   Hager, Jorg ^a   Philippi, Anne ^a,c   LeDuc, Carrie ^d   Carey, Alisoun ^d   Harris, Timothy J R ^d   Jury, Corinne ^a   Cardon, Lon R ^d   Basdevant, Arnaud ^b   Demenais, Florence ^c   Guy Grand, Bernard ^b   North, Michael ^d   Froguel, Philippe ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d CELERA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LEPTIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYBRID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0345335191     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diab.45.5.687     Document Type: Article

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