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Association Between Uric Acid Levels and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in a Large Epidemiological Sample

INTRODUCTION: Recurrent hypoxia, which is associated with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), leads to an increase in the degradation of adenosine triphosphatase into xanthine, which in turn increases uric acid concentrations. OBJECTIVE: The current study aimed to determine whether an associati...

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Autores principales: Hirotsu, Camila, Tufik, Sergio, Guindalini, Camila, Mazzotti, Diego R., Bittencourt, Lia R., Andersen, Monica L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3691311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23826169
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066891