FTO gene SNPs associated with extreme obesity in cases, controls and extremely discordant sister pairs

• मुख्य लेखकों: Zhao Hongyu (लेखक), Li Wei-Dong (लेखक), Price R Arlen (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: BMC, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>FTO is a gene located in chromosome region 16q12.2. Recently two studies have found associations of several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in FTO with body mass index (BMI) and obesity, particularly rs1421085, rs17817449, and...