A study of association between common variation in the growth hormone-chorionic somatomammotropin hormone gene cluster and adult fasting insulin in a UK Caucasian population

Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Freathy, Rachel M ^a   Mitchell, Simon M S ^a   Knight, Beatrice ^a   Shields, Beverley ^a   Weedon, Michael N ^a   Hattersley, Andrew T ^a   Frayling, Timothy M ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLACENTA LACTOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FASTING; FATHERS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSULIN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTAL LACTOGEN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 33751561602     PISSN: 14775751     EISSN: 14775751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-5751-5-18     Document Type: Article

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