Melanocortin-4 receptor polymorphisms in Turkish pediatric obese patients

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-74

  Demiralp, Duygu Ozel ^a   Berberoǧlu, Merih ^a   Akar, Nejat ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; childhood obesity; melanocortin 4 receptor mutations; metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; CHILD; EXONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 78651412025     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1076029609354330     Document Type: Article

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