FTO gene polymorphisms are associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes in East Asian Populations: An update

Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 236-237

  Xi, Bo ^a   Wang, Chunyu ^b   Wang, Ruoqi ^c   Huang, Yubei ^d  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c Department of Cardiology   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FTO PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN;

ASIAN; CHINESE; EAST ASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FTO GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; JAPANESE; KOREAN; LETTER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; OBESITY; PROTEINS;

EID: 79551477715     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2010.139     Document Type: Letter

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