Uric acid levels increase risk for new-onset kidney disease

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2251-2253

  Mohandas, Rajesh ^a   Johnson, Richard J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; URIC ACID;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; GENOMICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 57149112588     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2008091012     Document Type: Editorial

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