Mutation analysis of the preproghrelin gene: No association with obesity and type 2 diabetes

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 420-424

  Larsen, Lesli H ^a,b,f   Gjesing, Anette P ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^b   Hamid, Yasmin H ^a   Echwald, Søren M ^a,c   Toubro, Søren ^d   Black, Eva ^d   Astrup, Arne ^d   Hansen, Torben ^a   Pedersen, Oluf ^a,e  

^a STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c Exiqon   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f The Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Ghrelin; Mutation; Obesity; SNP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PREPROGHRELIN GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 20144389880     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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