Novel variants in the MC4R and LEPR genes among severely obese children from the iberian population

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 195-207

  Albuquerque, David ^a   Estévez, Manuela Núñez ^b   Víbora, Pilar Beato ^c   Giralt, Plácida Sánchez ^c   Balsera, Aránzazu Margallo ^c   Cortés, Pedro Gil ^c   López, Mercedes Jiménez ^d   Luego, Luis Miguel ^c   Gervasini, Guillermo ^d   Hernández, Sergio Barroso ^c   Arroyo Díez, Javier ^b   Vacas, Manuel Arrobas ^c   Nóbrega, Clévio ^e   Manco, Licínio ^a   Rodríguez López, Raquel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b Unit of Genetic Paediatrics Maternal and Child   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

LEPR gene; MC4R gene; Obesity; Population; Segregation analysis

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; FLUOXETINE; METFORMIN; OCTREOTIDE; TOPIRAMATE; VITAMIN D; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN RECEPTOR, HUMAN; MC4R PROTEIN, HUMAN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ACROMEGALY; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BIOINFORMATICS; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD INTAKE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORBID OBESITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PANIC; PEDIGREE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PORTUGAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; SMOKING HABIT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SPAIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC TESTING; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OBESITY, MORBID; PHENOTYPE; PORTUGAL; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN;

EID: 84897962855     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ahg.12058     Document Type: Article

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