The relationship of serum leptin levels with disease activity in Egyptian patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Abstract Aim of the work: To investigate whether serum leptin levels are elevated in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and whether these levels correlate with disease activity. Patients and methods: A case-control study was made on 37 patients with RA and 34 healthy control subjects. The following values were assessed for each patient: erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C reactive protein ... إقراء المزيد