Serum uric acid levels in patients with cirrhosis: A reevaluation

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 261-265

  Lee, Wui Chiang ^a,b   Lin, Han Chieh ^a,b   Hou, Ming Chih ^a,b   Lin, Hsiao Yi ^a,b   Lee, Fa Yauh ^a,b   Wang, Sun Sang ^a,b   Chang, Full Young ^a,b   Lee, Shou Dong ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ascites; Liver cirrhosis; Renal plasma flow; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY PLASMA FLOW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URIC ACID;

EID: 0032858437     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199910000-00007     Document Type: Article

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