Uric acid and inflammatory markers

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1174-1181

  Ruggiero, Carmelinda ^a,b   Cherubini, Antonio ^b   Ble, Alessandro ^a   Bos, Angelo J G ^a   Maggio, Marcello ^a   Dixit, Vishwa D ^a   Lauretani, Fulvio ^c   Bandinelli, Stefania ^d   Senin, Umberto ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c Tuscany Regional Health Agency   (Italy)

^d ASF Geriatric Rehabilitation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Elderly; Inflammation; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ITALY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOSIS; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOSIS; URIC ACID;

EID: 33646748459     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi879     Document Type: Article

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