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In [[medicine]], '''hyperuricemia''' is "excessive [[uric acid]] or urate in blood as defined by its solubility in plasma at 37 degrees C; greater than 0.42mmol per liter (7.0mg/dL) in men or 0.36mmol per liter (6.0mg/dL) in women. This condition is caused by overproduction of uric acid or impaired renal clearance. Hyperuricemia can be acquired, drug-induced or genetically determined ([[Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome]]). It is associated with [[hypertension]] and [[gout]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
In [[medicine]], '''hyperuricemia''' is "excessive [[uric acid]] or urate in blood as defined by its solubility in plasma at 37 degrees C; greater than 0.42mmol per liter (7.0mg/dL) in men or 0.36mmol per liter (6.0mg/dL) in women. This condition is caused by overproduction of uric acid or impaired renal clearance. Hyperuricemia can be acquired, drug-induced or genetically determined ([[Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome]]). It is associated with [[hypertension]] and [[gout]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>


Hyperuricemia may be associated with [[cardiovascular disease]] and [[chronic kidney disease]].<ref name="pmid18946066">{{cite journal |author=Feig DI, Kang DH, Johnson RJ |title=Uric acid and cardiovascular risk |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=359 |issue=17 |pages=1811–21 |year=2008 |month=October |pmid=18946066 |doi=10.1056/NEJMra0800885 |url=http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/359/17/1811 |issn=}}</ref><ref name="pmid16377385">{{cite journal |author=Siu YP, Leung KT, Tong MK, Kwan TH |title=Use of allopurinol in slowing the progression of renal disease through its ability to lower serum uric acid level |journal=Am. J. Kidney Dis. |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=51–9 |year=2006 |month=January |pmid=16377385 |doi=10.1053/j.ajkd.2005.10.006 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0272-6386(05)01518-0 |issn=}}</ref>
Hyperuricemia may be associated with [[cardiovascular disease]]<ref name="pmid10815083">{{cite journal |author=Fang J, Alderman MH |title=Serum uric acid and cardiovascular mortality the NHANES I epidemiologic follow-up study, 1971-1992. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |journal=JAMA |volume=283 |issue=18 |pages=2404–10 |year=2000 |month=May |pmid=10815083 |doi= |url=http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=10815083 |issn=}}</ref> and [[chronic kidney disease]]<ref name="pmid16377385">{{cite journal |author=Siu YP, Leung KT, Tong MK, Kwan TH |title=Use of allopurinol in slowing the progression of renal disease through its ability to lower serum uric acid level |journal=Am. J. Kidney Dis. |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=51–9 |year=2006 |month=January |pmid=16377385 |doi=10.1053/j.ajkd.2005.10.006 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0272-6386(05)01518-0 |issn=}}</ref>.<ref name="pmid18946066">{{cite journal |author=Feig DI, Kang DH, Johnson RJ |title=Uric acid and cardiovascular risk |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=359 |issue=17 |pages=1811–21 |year=2008 |month=October |pmid=18946066 |doi=10.1056/NEJMra0800885 |url=http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/359/17/1811 |issn=}}</ref>


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Revision as of 23:43, 13 January 2009

In medicine, hyperuricemia is "excessive uric acid or urate in blood as defined by its solubility in plasma at 37 degrees C; greater than 0.42mmol per liter (7.0mg/dL) in men or 0.36mmol per liter (6.0mg/dL) in women. This condition is caused by overproduction of uric acid or impaired renal clearance. Hyperuricemia can be acquired, drug-induced or genetically determined (Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome). It is associated with hypertension and gout."[1]

Hyperuricemia may be associated with cardiovascular disease[2] and chronic kidney disease[3].[4]

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