The association between the FTO gene and fat mass in humans develops by the postnatal age of two weeks

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1501-1505

  López Bermejo, Abel ^a   Petry, Clive J ^b   Díaz, Marta ^c   Sebastiani, Giorgia ^c   De Zegher, Francis ^d   Dunger, David B ^b   Ibáñez, Lourdes ^c  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; SOMATOMEDIN C; VISFATIN;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FTO GENE; GENE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 42049117134     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-2343     Document Type: Article

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