Variation at the insulin gene VNTR (variable number tandem repeat) polymorphism and early growth: Studies in a large Finnish Birth Cohort

Diabetes

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2126-2131

  Bennett, Amanda J ^a   Sovio, Ulla ^b   Ruokonen, Aimo ^c   Martikainen, Hannu ^c   Pouta, Anneli ^c   Taponen, Saara ^c   Hartikainen, Anna Liisa ^c   King, Vanessa J ^b   Elliott, Paul ^b   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^b,c   McCarthy, Mark I ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY GROWTH; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INSULIN GENE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; WEIGHT INDEX;

BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY CONSTITUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PARITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 3242773722     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.53.8.2126     Document Type: Article

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