The insulin gene variable number of tandem repeat: associations and interactions with childhood body fat mass and insulin secretion in normal children

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2770-2775

  Heude, Barbara ^a   Petry, Clive J ^b   Pembrey, Marcus ^c   Dunger, David B ^b   Ong, Ken K ^a,b,d  

^a MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FASTING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33745780526     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-2055     Document Type: Article

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