Comparative Analysis of Plasma Leptin Levels in Both Genders of Patients with Essential Hypertension and Healthy Subjects

Endocrine Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-105

  Canatan, Halit ^a,b   Bakan, Ibrahim ^a   Akbulut, Mehmet ^a   Baydas, Giyasettin ^b   Halifeoglu, Ihsan ^a   Gursu, M Ferit ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Essential hypertension; Gender; Plasma leptin

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 1842429208     PISSN: 07435800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ERC-120029889     Document Type: Article

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