Uric acid and hypertension: An age-related relationship?

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 75-76

  Kosugi, T ^a   Nakagawa, T ^a   Kamath, D ^a   Johnson, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; URIC ACID; XANTHINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; URIC ACID;

EID: 58549086114     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2008.110     Document Type: Note

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