Clinical trials in US to aid patients.PARKINSON'S disease progresses slower in people with higher levels of an antioxidant associated with gout, researchers said today. A clinical trial has been launched to see whether the amount of urate urate (ur´at) any salt or anion of uric acid (q.v.). u·rate n. A salt of uric acid. urate a salt of uric acid. in blood and cerebrospinal fluid has any potential benefits for patients. Research funded by the US Government and private organisations reviewed data and tissue samples collected in the 1980s from 800 people with Parkinson's. The study, published in the Archives of Neurology The Archives of Neurology is a monthly professional medical journal published by the American Medical Association. Archives of Neurology publishes original, peer-reviewed scientific research of the nervous system as well as the various mechanisms of disease. journal, found there was no immediate proof that raising urate levels could help combat the disease. |
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