Family-based association study between the monoamine oxidase A gene and obesity: Implications for psychopharmacogenetic studies

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 126-129

  Camarena, Beatriz ^a   Santiago, Haydee ^a   Aguilar, Alejandro ^a   Ruvinskis, Elsa ^b   González Barranco, Jorge ^c   Nicolini, Humberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Inst Nac Cie Medicas N   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Association study; Body mass index; Monoamine oxidase A gene; Monoamine oxidase inhibitors; Obesity; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; GENE PRODUCT;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE A GENE; OBESITY; PHARMACOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSMISSION DISEQUILIBRIUM TEST;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 1842611419     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076720     Document Type: Article

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