Is hyperuricemia a risk factor of stroke and coronary heart disease among Africans?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-22

  Longo Mbenza, B ^a   Lukoki Luila, E ^a   Mbete, Phanzu ^a   Kintoki Vita, E ^a  

^a Heart of Africa Cardiovasc Ctr   (Congo)

Author keywords

Black Africans; Myocardial infarction; Stroke; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA; URIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; URIC ACID;

EID: 0345466512     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(99)00097-2     Document Type: Article

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