Association between birth weight, body mass index and IGF2/ApaI polymorphism

Growth Hormone and IGF Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 360-362

  Gomes, M V M ^a   Soares, M R ^a,b   Pasqualim Neto, A ^b   Marcondes, C R ^a   Lobo R B ^a   Ramos, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Barao de Maua University   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult disease predisposition; Birth weight; Body mass index; IGF2; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN B;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; MALE; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MALE; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 26044464520     PISSN: 10966374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2005.06.016     Document Type: Article

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