Examining the candidacy of ghrelin as a gene responsible for variation in adult stature in a United Kingdom population with type 2 diabetes

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2201-2204

  Gueorguiev, Maria ^a   Wiltshire, Steven ^b   Garcia, Edwin A ^a   Mein, Charles ^a   Lecoeur, Cecile ^c   Kristen, Brigitte ^a   Allotey, Rebecca ^a   Hattersley, Andrew T ^d   Walker, Mark ^e   O'Rahilly, Stephen ^f   Froguel, Philippe ^c,g   Grossman, Ashley B ^a   McCarthy, Mark I ^b,h   Hitman, Graham A ^a   Korbonits, Márta ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 34347269237     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-2657     Document Type: Article

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