Melanocortin-4 receptor molecular scanning and pro-opiomelanocortin R236G variant screening in binge eating disorder

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 161-

  Tortorella, Alfonso ^a   Monteleone, Palmiero ^a   Del Giudice, Emanuele Miraglia ^a   Cirillo, Grazia ^a   Perrone, Laura ^a   Castaldo, Eloisa ^a   Maj, Mario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; ALANINE; ISOLEUCINE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; THREONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MISSENSE MUTATION; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4;

EID: 24144456289     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-200509000-00004     Document Type: Article

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