Serum uric acid levels and the risk of Parkinson disease

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 797-800

  De Lau, Lonneke M L ^a   Koudstaal, Peter J ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Breteler, Monique M B ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; SCAVENGER; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; URIC ACID;

EID: 27644540928     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20663     Document Type: Article

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