Genetic aspects of obesity;Adipositas: Genetik und gen-umwelt-interaktionen

Monatsschrift fur Kinderheilkunde

Volumn 152, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 870-878

  Hebebrand, J ^a   Wermter, A K ^b   Hinney, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heritability; Melanocortin 4 receptor gene; Polygenic inheritance; Twin study

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BODY WEIGHT; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OBESITY;

EID: 4444258702     PISSN: 00269298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00112-004-0994-0     Document Type: Article

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