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Article: Uric Acid Tests
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.;      700+ words ...Uric Acid Tests Definition Uric acid tests are tests that are done to measure the levels of uric acid in blood serum or in urine. Purpose The uric acid tests are used to evaluate the blood levels of uric acid for gout and to assess uric acid ...

Article: Uric Acid, Type 2 Diabetes, and Cardiovascular ...
Clinical Chemistry;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Uric acid is the final oxidation product of purine ... to various diseases, and most notably uric acid is causally involved in the pathogenesis ... years, increased serum concentrations of uric acid have been implicated in cardiovascular ...

Article: Preparation of Uric Acid Standard Stock Solution
Clinical Chemistry;  November 1, 2006 ;     673 words ...To the Editor: For measurement of uric acid in serum, calibrators of known concentration ... must be prepared in a suitable solvent. Uric acid is virtually insoluble in water or common ... hydroxide as the solvent for dissolving uric acid at a molar ratio of ammonium hydroxide ...

Article: Associations of uric acid with polymorphisms in the ...
Environmental Health Perspectives;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Recent research suggests that uric acid may be nephrotoxic at lower levels than ... renal function are also associated with uric acid and/or modify associations between lead dose and uric acid. We analyzed data on three such genetic ...

Article: High serum uric acid linked to ...
Family Practice News;  August 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... asymptomatic adults with elevated serum uric acid levels had a significantly increased ... mg/dL increase in the level of serum uric acid was linked with a statistically significant ... The new finding implicates high serum uric acid as an apparent cause of atherosclerosis ...

Article: Uric Acid May Help Reduce Effects of Spinal Cord ...
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  February 14, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... AScribe Newswire) -- Increasing levels of uric acid, a metabolic breakdown product found ... of Messina in Italy looked at whether uric acid treatment could actually prevent some ... damage following such an injury in mice. Uric acid was known to reduce inflammation damage ...

Article: Associations among lead dose biomarkers, uric acid, ...
Environmental Health Perspectives;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Recent research suggests that both uric acid and lead may be nephrotoxic at lower ... lead biomarkers were associated with uric acid and whether previously reported associations ... outcomes were altered after adjustment for uric acid. Outcomes included uric acid, blood ...