Association of maternally inherited GNAS alleles with AfricanAmerican male birth weight

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-184

  Adkins, Ronald M ^a   Krushkal, Julia ^a   Magann, Everett F ^b   Klauser, Chad K ^c,d   Morrison, John C ^c   Ramsey, Risa ^a   Somes, Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Birth weight; Epigenetics and disease; Genetic association

Indexed keywords

ECTONUCLEOTIDE PYROPHOSPHATASE PHOSPHODIESTERASE 1; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; INHIBITOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GNAS PROTEIN, HUMAN; STIMULATORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; INHERITANCE; MOTHER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 77949364500     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477160903111714     Document Type: Article

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