Serum copeptin as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker of coronary artery disease among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Background Diabetes is one of the major risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD); hormones implicated in cardiac diseases may play a role in diabetes development. Increased activities of the arginine-vasopressin (AVP) system were shown to be associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The...

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Main Authors: Nearmeen M Rashad, Tamer M Ezzat, Reem M Allam, Wesam M.R Ashour, Ayman E Ali, Mohamad H Soliman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-01-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.esim.eg.net/article.asp?issn=1110-7782;year=2019;volume=31;issue=4;spage=696;epage=702;aulast=Rashad