Obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) deficiency is associated with increased linear growth and final height, fasting hyperinsulinemia, and incompletely suppressed growth hormone secretion

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Martinelli, Carlos E ^a   Keogh, Julia M ^b   Greenfield, Jerry R ^b   Henning, Elana ^b   Van Der Klaauw, Agatha A ^c   Blackwood, Anthea ^b   O'Rahilly, Stephen ^b   Roelfsema, Ferdinand ^c   Camacho Hübner, Cecilia ^d   Pijl, Hanno ^c   Farooqi, I Sadaf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING CELL; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR DEFICIENCY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78650912045     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-1369     Document Type: Article

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