Reduction of uric acid levels with allopurinol treatment improves endothelial function in patients with chronic kidney disease - Concepedia

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Reduction of uric acid levels with allopurinol treatment improves endothelial function in patients with chronic kidney disease

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2011

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Berna Yelken, Yaşar Çalışkan, Numan Görgülü, İbrahim Altun, Akar Yılmaz, Hüseyin Oflaz

Clinical Nephrology

Abstract

Treatment of hyperuricemia with allopurinol improve ED in patients with CKD. However, mechanism responsible for this beneficial effect seems to be apart from antioxidant effects of allopurinol.