Serum uric acid level in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 676-678

  Ashtari, Fereshteh ^a   Bahar, Mohammadali ^b   Aghaei, Maryam ^c   Zahed, Arash ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Multiple sclerosis; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; URIC ACID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876688395     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.05.054     Document Type: Article

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