Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 154-159 , February 2012

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

  • C.Y. Shih

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, North Coast Jin-Shan Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • C.Y. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gerontology Research, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • C.J. Wen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • H.M. Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • H.K. Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Division of Gerontology Research, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, National Taiwan University Hospital. 5 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 2 2312 3456/67095; fax: +886 2 2391 0615.

Received 5 November 2009 ,Revised 19 February 2010 ,Accepted 9 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2010.06.005

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 154-159 , February 2012

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