Serum uric acid in top-level alpine skiers over four consecutive competitive seasons

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 411, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 645-648

  Lombardi, Giovanni ^a   Colombini, Alessandra ^a   Ricci, Cristian ^b   Freschi, Marco ^c   Lippi, Giuseppe ^d   Banfi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^b GSD Foundation   (Italy)

^c Medical Board Italian Winter Sports Federation FISI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Athletes; Skiing; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVEREXERTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE METABOLISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIING; SPORTING EVENT; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ATHLETES; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIING; URIC ACID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950457903     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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