We have conducted this review to see if serum uric acid (UA) is associated with slowing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) progression in adult patients who are at least 18 years old. Understanding the effects of this biomarker for future use is critical because of its easy accessibility. This systematic review paper examined five previous years of recent studies and reports, published in English and limited to human investigations from the Cochrane, PubMed, and Google Scholar databases. Using instruments for assessing the eligibility and quality of systematic and narrative reviews, we narrowed our search to 11 reports that show evidence of a positive association between high blood uric acid and the progression of ALS. However, this claim still needs confirmation by future studies to confirm that possibility. The results of this systematic review may provide a strong foundation for future studies on this biomarker, demonstrating the significance of blood uric acid levels in ALS and highlighting the necessity of using that biomarker to track the disease's progression.
Keywords: als; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; biomarker; disease progression; urate level; uric acid.
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