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Role of serum leptin levels and leptin receptor gene polymorphisms in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Nov 2020
Afifi Abd El-Moaty Ali, Shaat Reham M, Gharbia Ola Mohamed, Elhanafy M, Hasan Al Shimaa Goda
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BACKGROUND: Serum leptin and leptin receptor gene polymorphisms may play a role in the etiopathogenesis of SLE. OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to explore the relationship between serum leptin levels and leptin receptor (LEPR) gene polymorphisms with susceptibility to SLE in Egyptian population and to study their relationships with clinical, laboratory, radiographic findings, and disease activity of SLE...
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