Erratum to: Association of the UCP polymorphisms with susceptibility to obesity: Case-control study and meta-analysis (Molecular Biology Reports (2014) 41, (5053-5067) DOI: 10.1007/s11033-014-3371-7);Association of the UCP polymorphisms with susceptibility to obesity: Case-control study and meta-analysis

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5053-5067

  De Almeida Brondani, Letícia ^a,b   De Souza, Bianca Marmontel ^a,b   Assmann, Taís Silveira ^a,b   Bouças, Ana Paula ^a,b   Bauer, Andrea Carla ^a   Canani, Luís Henrique ^a,b   Crispim, Daisy ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genetic polymorphisms; Meta analysis; Obesity; Uncoupling proteins

Indexed keywords

DNA; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3; ION CHANNEL; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDEL MUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PROTECTION; UCP1 GENE; UCP2 GENE; UCP3 GENE; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84905107346     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-014-3622-7     Document Type: Erratum

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