Prevalence of rare MC3R variants in obese cases and lean controls

Endocrine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 386-390

  Zegers, Doreen ^a   Beckers, Sigri ^a   Hendrickx, Rik ^a   Van Camp, Jasmijn K ^a   Van Hoorenbeeck, Kim ^b   Desager, Kristine N ^b   Massa, Guy ^c   Van Gaal, Luc F ^b   Van Hul, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c JESSA HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Genetics; MC3R; Mutation analysis; Obesity

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BELGIAN; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR GENE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BELGIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 3; THINNESS;

EID: 84885593706     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-012-9862-1     Document Type: Article

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