Leptin and blood lipid levels in postmenopausal diabetic women with and without complication of ischemic heart disease

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Jaleel, Farhan ^a   Jaleel, Anila ^a   Aftab, Jawaid ^a   Ataur Rahman, M ^b  

^a ZIAUDDIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Blood lipid; Ischemic heart disease; Leptin; Myocardial perfusion scan

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POSTMENOPAUSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LEPTIN; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 33748526191     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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