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Cardiological and rheumatological expert statement on the management of asymptomatic hyperuricemia in patients at high cardiovascular risk

Marcin Barylski1, Bogdan Batko, Krzysztof J. Filipiak, Artur Mamcarz, Maria Rell-Bakalarska, Włodzimierz Samborski, Piotr Wiland
DOI: 10.5603/RF.2022.0007
Rheumatology Forum 2022;8(2):43-59.

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Article published concurrently in: Choroby Serca i Naczyń 2022, 19 (1) 1–18, DOI: 10.5603/ChSiN.2022.0001

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