A common intron 2 polymorphism of the glucocorticoid receptor gene is associated with insulin resistance in men

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 879-884

  Syed, Akheel A ^a   Halpin, Christina G ^b   Irving, Julie A E ^b   Unwin, Nigel C ^b   White, Martin ^b   Bhopal, Raj S ^c   Redfern, Christopher P F ^b   Weaver, Jolanta U ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BCL1 GENE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRON; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 43949124851     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03175.x     Document Type: Article

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