Marwa Fathi Ahmed   <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/>Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Medical Biochemistry 
<br/><br/> 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 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Hypertension Leptin Obesity