A prevalent polymorphism in the promoter of the UCP3 gene and its relationship to body mass index and long term body weight change in the Danish population

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1398-1402

  Dalgaard, Louise T ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^b   Drivsholm, Thomas ^c   Borch Johnsen, Knut ^a   Andersen, Teis ^d   Hansen, Torben ^a   Pedersen, Oluf ^a  

^a STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^b Capital Region   (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; DENMARK; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW;

ADULT; ALLELES; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARRIER PROTEINS; DENMARK; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MUTATION; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 17744363274     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.3.1398     Document Type: Review

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