Does an apple a day put hypertension in play?
Singh et al. offer exciting data in their new report about fructose-induced hypertension. Fructose induced an increase in serum uric acid after 8-10 weeks of increased fructose exposure, but no correlation was found between hyperuricemia and hypertension.
Jankowski
Joachim
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Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Medizinische Klinik IV, Berlin, Germany. Joachim.Jankowski@charite.de
Günthner
Thomas
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