Normal variation in leptin levels in associated with polymorphisms in the proopiomelanocortin gene, POMC.

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Published in J Clin Endocrinol Metab on September 01, 1999

Authors

J E Hixson1, L Almasy, S Cole, S Birnbaum, B D Mitchell, M C Mahaney, M P Stern, J W MacCluer, J Blangero, A G Comuzzie

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas 78245, USA.

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