Relationship between serum uric acid and cerebral white matter lesions in the elderly

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-159

  Shih, C Y ^a   Chen, C Y ^c   Wen, C J ^b   Liu, H M ^b   Kuo, H K ^b,c  

^a North Coast Jin Shan Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain ischemia; Epidemiology; Leukoaraiosis; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; URIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; NERVOUS TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBRUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE TISSUE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; URIC ACID;

EID: 84856604770     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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