JAPANESE HEART JOURNAL, cilt.44, ss.527-536, 2003 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
Increased serum urate concentration is a frequent finding in patients with hypertension. Since hyperuricemia is associated with obesity, renal disease. hyperlipidemia, and atherosclerosis. whether or not serum urate is a cardiovascular risk factor per se has remained elusive.