Mutations in the melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) gene in obese patients in Norway

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 266-273

  Wangensteen, T ^a   Pollestad Kolsgaard, M L ^a   Mattingsdal, M ^b   Joner, G ^a   Tonstad, S ^a   Undlien, D ^c   Retterstol, L ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Genetics; MC4R; Melanocortin receptors; Mutation; Obesity; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MC4R PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENETICS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MISSENSE MUTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NORWAY; OBESITY; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4;

EID: 68849090324     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: 14393646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1102942     Document Type: Article

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