Genetic variant of AMD1 is associated with obesity in urban Indian children.

Hyperhomocysteinemia is regarded as a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and obesity. Manifestation of these chronic metabolic disorders starts in early life marked by increase in body mass index (BMI). We hypothesized that perturbations in homocysteine metabolism in early life could...

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Main Authors: Rubina Tabassum, Alok Jaiswal, Ganesh Chauhan, Om Prakash Dwivedi, Saurabh Ghosh, Raman K Marwaha, Nikhil Tandon, Dwaipayan Bharadwaj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3322123?pdf=render