Serum uric acid levels in multiple sclerosis patients correlate with activity of disease and blood-brain barrier dysfunction

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 221-226

  Toncev, G ^a   Milicic, B ^b   Toncev, S ^a,c   Samardzic, G ^c  

^a Clinical Hospital Center Kragujevac

^b Institute for Medical Informatics and Statistics

^c UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Disease activity; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiple sclerosis; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; URIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URIC ACID;

EID: 0036050889     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2002.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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