Prevalence of mutations and functional analyses of melanocortin 4 receptor variants identified among 750 men with juvenile-onset obesity

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 219-224

  Larsen, Lesli H ^a,c   Echwald, Søren M ^a,b   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^c   Andersen, Teis ^d   Wulff, Birgitte S ^e   Pedersen, Oluf ^a,f  

^a STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^b Exiqon AS   (Denmark)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONSENSE MUTATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; OBESITY; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4;

EID: 12244281827     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-0497     Document Type: Article

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