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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> | ||
Revision as of 15:36, 7 February 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]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Hyperuricemia (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Fang J, Alderman MH (May 2000). "Serum uric acid and cardiovascular mortality the NHANES I epidemiologic follow-up study, 1971-1992. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey". JAMA 283 (18): 2404–10. PMID 10815083. [e]
- ↑ Siu YP, Leung KT, Tong MK, Kwan TH (January 2006). "Use of allopurinol in slowing the progression of renal disease through its ability to lower serum uric acid level". Am. J. Kidney Dis. 47 (1): 51–9. DOI:10.1053/j.ajkd.2005.10.006. PMID 16377385. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Feig DI, Kang DH, Johnson RJ (October 2008). "Uric acid and cardiovascular risk". N. Engl. J. Med. 359 (17): 1811–21. DOI:10.1056/NEJMra0800885. PMID 18946066. Research Blogging.