Uric acid, CKD, and cardiovascular disease: Confounders, culprits, and circles

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 247-250

  Tangri, Navdeep ^a   Weiner, Daniel E ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; HYPERURICEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MORTALITY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; KIDNEY; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; URIC ACID;

EID: 77957273680     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.06.004     Document Type: Editorial

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