Heart failure, dementia, and diuretics: Is uric acid involved? [3]

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 2286-

  Reyes, Ariel J ^a  

^a Institute of Cardiovascular Theory Montevideo   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; URIC ACID;

ADD ON THERAPY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEMENTIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SODIUM INTAKE; STROKE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; URIC ACID;

EID: 33750973357     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.20.2286     Document Type: Letter

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