Fatma Elzahraa Ahmed Hussien Hanafy <br/><br/>
Role of resistin in chronic kidney disease /  
 دور الرسيستين فى امراض الكلى المومنة 
Fatma Elzahraa Ahmed Hussien Hanafy ; Supervised Hazem Elsayed Abouyoussef , Marianne fathy ishak , Shams Mohamed Kholoussi 
 - Cairo :   Fatma Elzahraa Ahmed Hussien Hanafy ,   2011 
 - 140P. :   charts , facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology 
<br/><br/>  The physiological role and pathophysiologic importance of resistin in humans are unclear . It was firstly proposed to be involved in insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes . Resistin was found to interact with and reienforce inflammatory pathways . C- reactive protein, a marker of inflammation, was reported to be positively correlated with resistin levels in several pathophsiological conditions 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Chronic kidney disease  Insulin resistance  Resistin