Meta-Analysis Reveals the Association of Common Variants in the Uncoupling Protein (UCP) 1–3 Genes with Body Mass Index Variability

Letícia A. Brondani; Tais S. Assmann; Bianca M. de Souza; Ana P. Bouças; Luis H. Canani; Daisy Crispim

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096411

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Meta-Analysis Reveals the Association of Common Variants in the Uncoupling Protein (UCP) 1–3 Genes with Body Mass Index Variability

Letícia A. Brondani,

Affiliations Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Tais S. Assmann,

Affiliations Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Bianca M. de Souza,

Affiliations Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Ana P. Bouças,

Affiliations Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Luis H. Canani,

Affiliations Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Daisy Crispim

* E-mail: dcmoreira@hcpa.ufrgs.br

Affiliations Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Meta-Analysis Reveals the Association of Common Variants in the Uncoupling Protein (UCP) 1–3 Genes with Body Mass Index Variability

Letícia A. Brondani,
Tais S. Assmann,
Bianca M. de Souza,
Ana P. Bouças,
Luis H. Canani,
Daisy Crispim

Published: May 7, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096411

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