A novel mutation in the leptin gene (W121X) in an Egyptian family

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 474-476

  Mazen, Inas ^a   Amr, Khalda ^a   Tantawy, Sally ^a   Farooqi, I Sadaf ^b   El Gammal, Mona ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egypt; LEP; Mutation; Novel; Obesity

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; EGYPTIAN; EXON; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LEPTIN DEFICIENCY; MALE; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84916641119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22144269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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