Gout and hyperuricemia in Japan: Perspectives for international research on purines and pyrimidines in man

Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1001-1010

  Hosoya, Tatsuo ^a   Ohno, Iwao ^a   Ichida, Kimiyoshi ^b   Peters, Godefridus J ^c  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ABCG2 BCRP; Adenosine; Antimetabolites; Deoxycytidine kinase; Febuxostat; Gout; Hyperuricemia; Transporters

Indexed keywords

PURINE; PYRIMIDINE;

ASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG METABOLISM; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; JAPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; PURINE METABOLISM; PYRIMIDINE METABOLISM; RACE DIFFERENCE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GOUT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; INTERNATIONALITY; JAPAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PURINES; PYRIMIDINES;

EID: 84855885093     PISSN: 15257770     EISSN: 15322335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2011.633955     Document Type: Conference Paper

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