Hyperuricemia, gout, and cardiovascular disease: An important "muddle"

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-290

  Keenan, Robert T ^a   Pillinger, Michael H ^a,b,c  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GOUT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PURINE METABOLISM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70350151376     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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