Serum uric acid, mortality and glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A PreCIS database study

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 508-

  Pitocco, D ^a   Zaccardi, F ^a   Di Stasio, E ^a   Romitelli, F ^a   Santini, S A ^a   Ghirlanda, G ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSE; NITRIC OXIDE; URIC ACID; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; URIC ACID;

EID: 41749123696     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2008.02392.x     Document Type: Letter

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