Phenotypic variation in constitutional delay of growth and puberty: Relationship to specific leptin and leptin receptor gene polymorphisms

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-126

  Banerjee, Indraneel ^a   Trueman, Julie A ^b   Hall, Catherine M ^a   Price, David A ^a   Patel, Leena ^a   Whatmore, Andrew J ^b   Hirschhorn, Joel N ^c   Read, Andrew P ^b   Palmert, Mark R ^d   Clayton, Peter E ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUTAMINE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GROWTH DISORDER; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PUBERTY, DELAYED; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746315220     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.02184     Document Type: Article

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