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Uric acid is a
heterocyclic compound of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and
hydrogen with the
formula C5H4N4O3. It
forms ions and
salts known as
urates and...
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swollen joint,
caused by the
deposition of needle-like
crystals of
uric acid known as
monosodium urate crystals. Pain
typically comes on rapidly, reaching...
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uric acid.
Serum uric acid level at or
below 6 mg/100 mL is
often a
therapeutic goal.
Hyperuricemia is not
necessary for the
formation of
uric acid stones;...
- high
level of
uric acid in the blood. In the pH
conditions of body fluid,
uric acid exists largely as urate, the ion form.
Serum uric acid concentrations...
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Acute uric acid nephropathy (AUAN, also
acute urate nephropathy) is a
rapidly worsening (decreasing)
kidney function (acute
kidney injury) that is caused...
- build-up of
uric acid in all body fluids. The
combination of
increased synthesis and
decreased utilization of
purines leads to high
levels of
uric acid production...
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dietitian and
vegetarianism activist. He was best
known for
pioneering the
uric-
acid free diet. Haig was born at
Rumbling Bridge, Perthshire, in Scotland....
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livers have
trouble breaking down
uric acid,
which can
build up in the
blood serum (hyperuricemia)
causing gout.
Uric acid can also be
excreted in high concentration...
- a key),
because Baeyer had
regarded barbituric acid as
central (or "key") to
understanding uric acid and its derivatives. However,
Fieser subsequently...
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hyperuricemia (high
blood levels of
uric acid), pain in arms or legs, and
anemia (low red
blood cell counts).
Bempedoic acid blocks an
enzyme in the
liver called...
