Molecular forms of butyrylcholinesterase and obesity

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 452-454

  Boberg, Dellyana R ^a   Furtado Alle, Lupe ^a   Souza, Ricardo L R ^a   Chautard Freire Maia, Eleidi A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BCHE gene SNPs; Body mass index; Butyrylcholinesterase; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXON; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC STRESS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OBESITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 77957325580     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572010005000072     Document Type: Article

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