Melanocortin 4 receptor mutations in obese Czech children: Studies of prevalence, phenotype development, weight reduction response, and functional analysis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3689-3696

  Hainerová, Irena ^a   Larsen, Lesli H ^b,e   Holst, Birgitte ^c   Finková, Marie ^a   Hainer, Vojtěch ^d   Lebl, Jan ^a   Hansen, Torben ^b   Pedersen, Oluf ^b,f  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34548797260     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-0352     Document Type: Article

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