Genome-wide scan of obesity in the old order Amish

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1199-1205

  Hsueh, Wen Chi ^a   Mitchell, Braxton D ^a,c   Schneider, Jennifer L ^a   Jean, Pamela L St ^b   Pollin, Toni I ^c   Ehm, Margaret G ^b   Wagner, Michael J ^b   Burns, Daniel K ^b   Sakul, Hakan ^d,e   Bell, Callum J ^d,f   Shuldiner, Alan R ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Axys Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR GENOME RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OBESITY; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; RELIGION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PENNSYLVANIA; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RELIGION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 17744383578     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.3.1199     Document Type: Article

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