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International Journal of Endocrinology
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 604715, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/604715
Clinical Study

Association between Serum Uric Acid Levels and Diabetes Mellitus

Pavani Bandaru1 and Anoop Shankar1,2

1Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
2Department of Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 9190, Morgantown, WV 26506-9190, USA

Received 23 June 2011; Revised 29 September 2011; Accepted 30 September 2011

Academic Editor: Stephen L. Atkin

Copyright © 2011 Pavani Bandaru and Anoop Shankar. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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