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Review
. 2002 Aug;69(8):594, 597, 600-2 passim.
doi: 10.3949/ccjm.69.8.594.

Asymptomatic hyperuricemia: to treat or not to treat

H Erhan Dincer  1 , Ayse P Dincer, Dennis J Levinson
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Review

Asymptomatic hyperuricemia: to treat or not to treat

H Erhan Dincer et al. Cleve Clin J Med. 2002 Aug.
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Abstract

Treatment of asymptomatic hyperuricemia is not necessary in most patients, unless perhaps they have very high levels of uric acid or are otherwise at risk of complications, such as those with a personal or strong family history of gout, urolithiasis, or uric acid nephropathy.

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