Genome-wide association scan shows genetic variants in the FTO gene are associated with obesity-rela...
Genome-wide association scan shows genetic variants in the FTO gene are associated with obesity-related traits
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Scuteri, Angelo , Sanna, Serena , Chen, Wei-Min , Uda, Manuela , Albai, Giuseppe , Strait, James , Najjar, Samer , Nagaraja, Ramaiah , Orrú, Marco , Usala, Gianluca , Dei, Mariano , Lai, Sandra , Maschio, Andrea , Busonero, Fabio , Mulas, Antonella , Ehret, Georg B , Fink, Ashley A , Weder, Alan B , Cooper, Richard S , Galan, Pilar , Chakravarti, Aravinda , Schlessinger, David , Cao, Antonio , Lakatta, Edward and Abecasis, Gonçalo R
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United States: Public Library of Science
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English
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United States: Public Library of Science
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The obesity epidemic is responsible for a substantial economic burden in developed countries and is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The disease is the result not only of several environmental risk factors, but also of genetic predisposition. To take advantage of recent advances in gene-mapping technology, we exec...
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Genome-wide association scan shows genetic variants in the FTO gene are associated with obesity-related traits
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Author / Creator
Sanna, Serena
Chen, Wei-Min
Uda, Manuela
Albai, Giuseppe
Strait, James
Najjar, Samer
Nagaraja, Ramaiah
Orrú, Marco
Usala, Gianluca
Dei, Mariano
Lai, Sandra
Maschio, Andrea
Busonero, Fabio
Mulas, Antonella
Ehret, Georg B
Fink, Ashley A
Weder, Alan B
Cooper, Richard S
Galan, Pilar
Chakravarti, Aravinda
Schlessinger, David
Cao, Antonio
Lakatta, Edward
Abecasis, Gonçalo R
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1313460922
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1313460922
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1553-7404,1553-7390
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1553-7404
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10.1371/journal.pgen.0030115
