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Review
. 2010:36:3-13.

Gout and hyperuricemia

Chandra S Chilappa  1 , Wilbert S Aronow, Deborah Shapiro, Kirk Sperber, Umesh Patel, Julia Y Ash
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  • PMID: 21229813
Review

Gout and hyperuricemia

Chandra S Chilappa et al. Compr Ther. 2010.

Abstract

Hyperuricemia is an elevated uric acid level in blood. Gout is a common systemic metabolic disease characterized by deposition of monosodium urate monohydrate crystals with resultant acute intense inflammation of the involved joint. The clinical spectrum ranges from asymptomatic hyperuricemia to intermittent acute episodes of gouty arthritis to chronic tophaceous gout and chronic gouty arthropathy.

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