Polygenic obesity in humans

Obesity Facts

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-42

  Hinney, Anke ^a   Hebebrand, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

FTO; Genome wide association; Linkage

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; OBESITY; REVIEW;

GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; OBESITY;

EID: 47249142353     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113935     Document Type: Article

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