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

<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...

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Main Authors: Zhao Hongyu, Li Wei-Dong, Price R Arlen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-01-01
Series:BMC Medical Genetics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2350/9/4