Leptin serum levels in cachectic heart failure patient. Relationship with tumor necrosis factor-α system

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 117-122

  Filippatos, Gerasimos S ^a,c   Tsilias, Karmelos ^a   Venetsanou, Koula ^b   Karambinos, Elias ^a   Manolatos, Dimitris ^a   Kranidis, Athanasios ^a   Antonellis, John ^a   Kardaras, Fotis ^a   Anthopoulos, Lambros ^a   Baltopoulos, George ^b  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Ambelokipi   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carchiac cachexia; Leptin; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; FAS ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CACHEXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD95; CACHEXIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0033709707     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(00)00397-1     Document Type: Article

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