Causes of Hypouricemia

Comments and Corrections1 June 1973Causes of HypouricemiaHERBERT J. VAN PEENEN, M.D.HERBERT J. VAN PEENEN, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-78-6-977 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: The data on hypouricemia presented by Drs. Ramsdell and Kelley in the February issue (1) is welcome and valid; however, their population was largely drawn from a Veteran's Administration Hospital and is not representative. The following data from a large community hospital amplifies theirs.Data from SMA 12-60* analyses on 5000 patients were reviewed; 56% of them were women and all were admitted between 1 January and 1 April 1972. Thirty-six patients had a serum uric acid level of less than 2.0 mg/100 ml on one or more occasions. Only 4 of the 36 were male.Group...Reference1. RAMSDELLKELLEY CW: The clinical significance of hypouricemia. Ann Intern Med 78:239-242, 1973 LinkGoogle Scholar1. MATZCHRISTODOULOUVIANNA RJN: Renal tubular dysfunction associated with alcoholism and liver disease. NY State J Med 69:1312-1314, 1969 MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: University of Texas Medical School at Houston and Hermann Hospital Texas Medical Center Houston, Texas*Trademark of the Technicon Corp., Ardsley, New York. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHypouricemia and Urate TransportersDepletion of Uric Acid Due to SLC22A12 (URAT1) Loss-of-Function Mutation Causes Endothelial Dysfunction in HypouricemiaClinical Aspects of Gout and Associated Disease StatesA case of acute renal failure after exercise with renal hypouricemia demonstrated compound heterozygous mutations of uric acid transporter 1A Case of Exercise-induced Acute Renal Failure with G774A Mutation in SCL22A12 Causing Renal HypouricemiaMutational analysis of idiopathic renal hypouricemia in KoreaRecurrent URAT1 gene mutations and prevalence of renal hypouricemia in JapaneseMutations in Human Urate Transporter 1 Gene in Presecretory Reabsorption Defect Type of Familial Renal HypouricemiaHypouricemia in individuals admitted to an inpatient hospital-based facilityRenal hypouricemia: Prevention of exercise-induced acute renal failure and a review of the literatureEpidemiology of HyperuricaemiaUric acid levels in southern Germany in 1989HypourikämieHypo-uricémie paranéoplasique (à propos de deux cas)Limited Value of Uric Acid to Creatinine Ratios in Estimating Uric Acid ExcretionROBERT L. WORTMANN, M.D., IRVING H. FOX, M.D.A Case of Uric Acid Renal Stone with Hypouricemia Caused by Tubular Reabsorptive Defect of Uric AcidHypouricemia 1 June 1973Volume 78, Issue 6Page: 977-978KeywordsUric acid ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1973 PDF downloadLoading ...