Genetic variations within the insulin gene region are associated with accelerated fetal growth

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-34

  Osada, Hisao ^a,b   Seki, Katsuyoshi ^c   Sekiya, Souei ^c  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SHIZUOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetal growth; INS VNTR; Insulin; Polymorphism; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GENDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PARITY; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; SCORING SYSTEM; UTERUS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34248166501     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.212.27     Document Type: Article

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