Quantitative variation in obesity-related traits and insulin precursors linked to the OB gene region on human chromosome 7

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 694-703

  Duggirala, Ravindranath ^a   Stern, Michael P ^a   Mitchell, Braxton D ^b   Reinhart, Laurie J ^a   Shipman, Patricia A ^a   Uresandi, Olga C ^a   Chung, Wendy K ^c   Leibel, Rudolph L ^c   Hales, C Nicholas ^d   O'Connell, Peter ^a   Blangero, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Health Science Center at San Antonio ^*  (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYPEPTIDASE A; HORMONE PRECURSOR; INSULIN; PROINSULIN;

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHROMOSOME 7; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES A; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PROINSULIN; PROTEINS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 19244362737     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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