Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 43-49 , January 2005

Uric acid and chronic renal disease: Possible implication of hyperuricemia on progression of renal disease

  • Duk-Hee Kang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Ewha Women’s University College of Medicine, Ewha Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea; and the Division of Nephrology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Duk-Hee Kang, MD, Division of Nephrology, Ewha Women’s University College of Medicine, 70 Chongno 6-ka Chongno-ku Seoul 110-126, Korea.
    • ,
  • Takahiko Nakagawa

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Ewha Women’s University College of Medicine, Ewha Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea; and the Division of Nephrology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

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 Supported by grant R04-2002-000-00183-0 from the Basic Research Program of the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (D.-H.K.).

PII: S0270-9295(04)00191-3

doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2004.10.001

Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 43-49 , January 2005

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