Association of the leptin gene with knee osteoarthritis susceptibility in a Han Chinese population: A case-control study

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 704-706

  Qin, Jianghui ^a,b   Shi, Dongquan ^a,b   Dai, Jin ^a,b   Zhu, Lunqing ^a   Tsezou, Aspasia ^c   Jiang, Qing ^a,b  

^a THE AFFILIATED DRUM TOWER HOSPITAL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

case control association study; leptin; osteoarthritis; tag SNPs

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNDERWEIGHT;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OVERWEIGHT; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 78049293809     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2010.86     Document Type: Article

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