The role of obesity-associated loci identified in genome-wide association studies in the determination of pediatric BMI

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2254-2257

  Zhao, Jianhua ^a   Bradfield, Jonathan P ^a   Li, Mingyao ^b   Wang, Kai ^a   Zhang, Haitao ^a   Kim, Cecilia E ^a   Annaiah, Kiran ^a   Glessner, Joseph T ^a   Thomas, Kelly ^a   Garris, Maria ^a   Frackelton, Edward C ^a   Otieno, F George ^a   Shaner, Julie L ^a   Smith, Ryan M ^a   Chiavacci, Rosetta M ^a   Berkowitz, Robert I ^a,c   Hakonarson, Hakon ^a,b   Grant, Struan F A ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INFANT; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72449169954     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.159     Document Type: Article

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