Genetics of obesity and type 2 diabetes in African Americans

Journal of Obesity

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  McCormack, Shana ^a   Grant, Struan F A ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FTO PROTEIN; MC4R PROTEIN; PROTEIN; STK39 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FTO PROTEIN, HUMAN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; TCF7L2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; ETHNICITY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HISPANIC; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; RACE; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7-LIKE 2 PROTEIN; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876567174     PISSN: 20900708     EISSN: 20900716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/396416     Document Type: Review

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