Melanocortin-4 receptor gene variants in Chilean families: Association with childhood obesity and eating behavior

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 71-78

  Valladares, M ^a,b   Dominguez Vasquez P ^a   Obregon A M ^a,b   Weisstaub, G ^b   Burrows, R ^b   Maiz, A ^a   Santos, J L ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Eating behavior; Melanocortin 4 receptor; Obesity; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATIETY; SCHOOL CHILD;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; APPETITE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OBESITY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PARENTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; SATIETY RESPONSE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77951110421     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/147683010X12611460763643     Document Type: Article

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