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Low prevalence of the N363S polymorphism of the glucocorticoid receptor in South Asians living in the United Kingdom.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jan 2004
Syed Akheel A, Irving Julie A E, Redfern Christopher P F, Hall Andrew G, Unwin Nigel C, White Martin, Bhopal Raj S, Alberti K G M M, Weaver Jolanta U
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Similarities between clinical states of glucocorticoid excess and obesity have raised suspicion of a link between the two conditions. An Asn363Ser (N363S) polymorphism in exon 2 of the glucocorticoid receptor has been associated with glucocorticoid sensitivity and excess adiposity in people of Eu...
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