Uric acid and blood pressure

Circulation Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2755-2756

  Kawano, Yuhei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; NITRIC OXIDE; URIC ACID;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DILATATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL FUNCTION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; EDITORIAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY INJURY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MICROALBUMINURIA; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PULSE WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; URIC ACID;

EID: 82455163833     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-11-1222     Document Type: Editorial

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