Angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism association with obesity and some related disorders in Egyptian females: a case-control observational study

BACKGROUND: According to the WHO report in 2015, obesity is the fifth leading cause of death worldwide, and the prevalence of Egyptian female obesity is 37.5 %. Since obesity is highly influenced by genetics, and adipose tissue renin-angiotensin system is over-activated in obesity, the effect of ang...

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Autores principales: Motawi, Tarek K., Shaker, Olfat G., Shahin, Nancy N., Ahmed, Nancy M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5062892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27777603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12986-016-0127-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5062892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27777603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12986-016-0127-5

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