Association between a common variant near MC4R and change in body mass index develops by two weeks of age

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 275-280

  Petry, Clive J ^a   López Bermejo, Abel ^b   Díaz, Marta ^c,d   Sebastiani, Giorgia ^c,d   Ong, Ken K ^a,e   De Zegher, Francis ^f   Dunger, David B ^a,g   Ibáñez, Lourdes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; DXA scan; Newborn; Obesity; Polymorphism (single nucleotide)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77951494898     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000284392     Document Type: Article

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