FTO friend or foe?

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-80

  Tews, D ^a   Fischer Posovszky, P ^a   Wabitsch, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Body weight; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BODY FAT; CHROMOSOME 16Q; FAT MASS AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED GENE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; OBESITY; PROTEINS;

RODENTIA;

EID: 76149118143     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: 14394286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1241831     Document Type: Short Survey

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