Leptin and leptin receptor gene polymorphisms in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Chest

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1530-

  Kalra, Maninder ^a   Chakraborty, Ranajit ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CALCULATION; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LEPR GENE; LEPTIN GENE; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; NOTE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 45949094020     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-0294     Document Type: Letter

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