The -2548G/A LEP polymorphism is associated with blood pressure in Tunisian obese patients

Blood Pressure

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 278-283

  Ben Ali, S ^a   Kallel, A ^a   Ftouhi, B ^a   Sediri, Y ^a   Feki, M ^a   Slimane, H ^a   Jemaa, Riadh ^a   Kaabachi, N ^a  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hypertension; Leptin gene; Obesity; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; LEPTIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TUNISIA;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEX FACTORS; TUNISIA;

EID: 58049085101     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: 16511999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08037050802488960     Document Type: Article

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