High serum uric acid as a novel risk factor for type 2 diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Targher, Giovanni ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; PEROXIDASE; URATE OXIDASE; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTPATIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; BLOOD; NOTE;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; RISK FACTORS; URIC ACID;

EID: 64349113386     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc08-0468     Document Type: Letter

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