Adiponectin and Resistin Gene Polymorphisms in Association with Their Respective Adipokine Levels

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 370-382

  Lau, Cia Hin ^a   Muniandy, Sekaran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adiponectin; Metabolic syndrome; Polymorphisms; Resistin; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; RESISTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADIPOKINES; ADIPONECTIN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RESISTIN;

EID: 79954507173     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2010.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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