Serum uric acid levels in optic neuritis

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 278-280

  Knapp, Christopher M ^a,c   Constantinescu, C S ^b   Tan, J H Y ^a   McLean, R ^a   Cherryman, G R ^a   Gottlob, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Optic neuritis; Peroxinitrite; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SELECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; RISK FACTORS; URIC ACID;

EID: 3042639561     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1352458504ms1042oa     Document Type: Article

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