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A possible relationship between atrial natriuretic factor and serum leptin in obesity-associated hypertension /

Marwa Fathi Ahmed

A possible relationship between atrial natriuretic factor and serum leptin in obesity-associated hypertension / العلاقة المحتملة بين العامل الاذينى المدر للصوديوم والليبتن فى السمنة المصاحبة لارتفاع ضغط الدم Marwa Fathi Ahmed ; Supervised Mohamed Ali Abdelhafez , Hebatallah Mostafa , Hanan Hosni Ahmed - Cairo : Marwa Fathi Ahmed , 2009 - 138P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Medical Biochemistry

Obesity is considered a world health problem where its incidence and prevalence are rising steadily along with several conditions associated with it such as hypertension diabetes dyslipidemia atherosclerosis and chronic renal failure . Among these hypertension has been observed in roughly 50% of obese individuls which has led researchers to consider obesity as one of the most common causes of hypertension



Hypertension Leptin Obesity