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Comment
. 2015 Aug;64(8):2720-2.
doi: 10.2337/db15-0532.

Causal or Noncausal Relationship of Uric Acid With Diabetes

Richard J Johnson  1 , Tony Merriman  2 , Miguel A Lanaspa  3
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Comment

Causal or Noncausal Relationship of Uric Acid With Diabetes

Richard J Johnson et al. Diabetes. 2015 Aug.
No abstract available

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  • A Mendelian Randomization Study of Circulating Uric Acid and Type 2 Diabetes.
    Sluijs I, Holmes MV, van der Schouw YT, Beulens JW, Asselbergs FW, Huerta JM, Palmer TM, Arriola L, Balkau B, Barricarte A, Boeing H, Clavel-Chapelon F, Fagherazzi G, Franks PW, Gavrila D, Kaaks R, Khaw KT, Kühn T, Molina-Montes E, Mortensen LM, Nilsson PM, Overvad K, Palli D, Panico S, Quirós JR, Rolandsson O, Sacerdote C, Sala N, Schmidt JA, Scott RA, Sieri S, Slimani N, Spijkerman AM, Tjonneland A, Travis RC, Tumino R, van der A DL, Sharp SJ, Forouhi NG, Langenberg C, Riboli E, Wareham NJ; InterAct Consortium. Sluijs I, et al. Diabetes. 2015 Aug;64(8):3028-36. doi: 10.2337/db14-0742. Epub 2015 Apr 27. Diabetes. 2015. PMID: 25918230 Free PMC article.

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