Genetic variant I148M in PNPLA3 is associated with the ultrasonography-determined steatosis degree in a Chinese population

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Li, Yiling ^a   Xing, Chao ^b   Tian, Zhong ^a   Ku, Hung Chih ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

NAFLD; PNPLA3; Steatosis grade; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPH; ECHOGRAPHY; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PATATIN LIKE PHOSPHOLIPASE DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 3 GENE; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIPASE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84869888185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-13-113     Document Type: Article

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