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. 1969 Apr;45(522):251-3.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.45.522.251.

Total fasting, hyperuricaemia and gout

J Runcie, T J Thomson

Total fasting, hyperuricaemia and gout

J Runcie et al. Postgrad Med J. 1969 Apr.

Abstract

Hyperuricaemia occurred in forty-two obese subjects treated by total fasting.

This was apparently harmless in that it did not lead to acute gout in any patient, including one male known to be a sufferer from gout.

The relationship between hyperuricaemia and the acute arthropathy of gout is discussed.

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