title: Nerve Growth Factor in Patients With Arterial Hypertension: Neuropsychical, Hemodynamic, Metabolic Relationships
abstract: Aim. To investigate the changes of serum nerve growth factor (NGF) level in patients with arterial hypertension (AH) and obesity in dependence on the degree of psycho-emotional stress and physical activity. Materials and methods. We examined 76 male patients with stage I and II AH with mean age 46.75±0.56 years (36 patients with and 40 without obesity). Control group consisted of 26 individuals without AH, obesity, and cardiovascular diseases. All patients underwent ambulatory blood pressure (BP
journal: Kardiologiia