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Jiayue Xu1, Jiajing Zhao2, Jiaming Gu3

  • 1Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai, China.

概括

高血清尿酸 (SUA) 水平因果上会增加高血压风险. 这项孟德尔随机化研究证实了单向联系,突出了对血压控制的SUA管理.

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