Variations in the FTO gene are associated with severe obesity in the Japanese
Variations in the FTO gene are associated with severe obesity in the Japanese
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Hotta, Kikuko , Nakata, Yoshio , Matsuo, Tomoaki , Kamohara, Seika , Kotani, Kazuaki , Komatsu, Ryoya , Itoh, Naoto , Mineo, Ikuo , Wada, Jun , Masuzaki, Hiroaki , Yoneda, Masato , Nakajima, Atsushi , Miyazaki, Shigeru , Tokunaga, Katsuto , Kawamoto, Manabu , Funahashi, Tohru , Hamaguchi, Kazuyuki , Yamada, Kentaro , Hanafusa, Toshiaki , Oikawa, Shinichi , Yoshimatsu, Hironobu , Nakao, Kazuwa , Sakata, Toshiie , Matsuzawa, Yuji , Tanaka, Kiyoji , Kamatani, Naoyuki and Nakamura, Yusuke
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Tokyo: Springer Japan
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English
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Tokyo: Springer Japan
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Variations in the fat-mass and obesity-associated gene (
FTO
) are associated with the obesity phenotype in many Caucasian populations. This association with the obesity phenotype is not clear in the Japanese. To investigate the relationship between the
FTO
gene and obesity in the Japanese, we genotyped single nucleotide polymorphisms (...
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Variations in the FTO gene are associated with severe obesity in the Japanese
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Author / Creator
Nakata, Yoshio
Matsuo, Tomoaki
Kamohara, Seika
Kotani, Kazuaki
Komatsu, Ryoya
Itoh, Naoto
Mineo, Ikuo
Wada, Jun
Masuzaki, Hiroaki
Yoneda, Masato
Nakajima, Atsushi
Miyazaki, Shigeru
Tokunaga, Katsuto
Kawamoto, Manabu
Funahashi, Tohru
Hamaguchi, Kazuyuki
Yamada, Kentaro
Hanafusa, Toshiaki
Oikawa, Shinichi
Yoshimatsu, Hironobu
Nakao, Kazuwa
Sakata, Toshiie
Matsuzawa, Yuji
Tanaka, Kiyoji
Kamatani, Naoyuki
Nakamura, Yusuke
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2413114
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2413114
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1434-5161
E-ISSN
1435-232X
DOI
10.1007/s10038-008-0283-1
