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SUBMITTER: Chen H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7511301 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Haibing H Zhao Lili L Liu Fengjing F Chen Si S Hu Zhumeng Z Chen Lihui L Ma Yiwen Y Guo Kaifeng K Ji Aichang A Merriman Tony R TR Min Jun Zhe JZ
Scientific reports 20200923 1
Urate in the fingernails of gout patients and healthy volunteers was successfully detected by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with ultraviolet (UV) in our previous research. This study aimed to further investigate whether nail urate could be a proxy for the burden of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals deposits in gout. To this end, we conducted a study in two parts. Firstly, we successfully detected urate in the nail by HPLC-UV and evaluated nail urate concentrations in control subjec ...[more]