Sequence variants of the POMC gene and their associations with body composition in children

Obesity Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 619-624

  Feng, Ningping ^a,c   Adler Wailes, Diane ^a   Elberg, Jane ^a   Chin, Jeff Y ^a   Fallon, Erica ^a   Carr, Alison ^a   Frazer, Teresa ^b   Yanovski, Jack A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; MSH; Polymorphism; Proopiomelanocortin; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344702811     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2003.89     Document Type: Article

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