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Serum Uric Acid Status and Its Association with Bone Mineral Density in the Elderly People Aged 60 Years and More

BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis is associated with decreased antioxidant defenses and serum uric acid (UA) as an antioxidant may exert a protective effect on bone mass. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to determine the association between serum UA and bone mineral density (BMD) in the elderly population. METHO...

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Autores principales: Babaei, Mansour, Shamsi, Reza, Heidari, Behzad, Bijani, Ali, Hosseini, Seyed Reza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6708522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31497038
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijem.80780