Relationship of serum uric acid to measures of endothelial function and atherosclerosis in healthy adults

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1276-1282

  Erdogan, Dogan ^a   Gullu, H ^a   Caliskan, M ^a   Yildirim, E ^a   Bilgi, M ^a   Ulus, T ^a   Sezgin, N ^a   Muderrisoglu, H ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aortic stiffness; Atherosclerosis; Brachial artery; Endothelium; Intima media thickness; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AORTA; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; VOLUNTEER; YOUNG MODULUS; BLOOD; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; INTIMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; THORACIC AORTA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; URIC ACID;

EID: 33644874095     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2005.00621.x     Document Type: Article

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