Asymptomatic hyperuricemia: To treat or not to treat

H. Erhan Dincer; Ayse P. Dincer; Dennis J. Levinson

doi:10.3949/ccjm.69.8.594

Asymptomatic hyperuricemia: To treat or not to treat

H. Erhan Dincer, Ayse P. Dincer, Dennis J. Levinson

Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical

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Abstract

Treatment of asymptomatic hyperuricemia is not necessary in most patients, unless perhaps they have very high levels of uric acid or are otherwise at risk of complications, such as those with a personal or strong family history of gout, urolithiasis, or uric acid nephropathy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	594-608
Number of pages	15
Journal	Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
Volume	69
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.69.8.594
State	Published - Aug 2002

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