Variants within the Ghrelin gene - Association with HDL-cholesterol, but not with body mass index

Folia Biologica

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 202-206

  Hubáček, Jaroslav A ^a   Bohuslavova R ^a   Skodova Z ^a   Adamkova V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

BMI; Ghrelin; HDL cholesterol; Polymorphism; WHR

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GHRELIN; GLUTAMINE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 37349112709     PISSN: 00155500     EISSN: 25337602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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