Human obesity: FTO, IRX3, or both?

Molecular Metabolism

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 505-506

  Cedernaes, Jonathan ^a   Benedict, Christian ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FOOD INTAKE; FTO GENE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IRX3 GENE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84904277572     PISSN: 22128778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2014.05.003     Document Type: Note

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