Urate Deposition in Man and its Clinical Consequences
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[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Ursula Gresser, Nepomuk Zöllner.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berlin, Heidelberg
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1991
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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(x, 158 pages 53 illustrations)
CONTENTS NOTE
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1 The Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism --;40 Years of Experience at the Poliklinik of the University of Munich --;2 The Enigma of Urate Deposition --;Precipitation and Deposition of Monosodium Urate Monohydrate Crystals in Tissues --;3 Urate Depositions in Tissues --;4 Renal Consequences of Hyperuricemia --;Urate and Uric Acid Crystal Reactions Within the Kidney --;Clinical and Experimental Studies --;5 Urate Deposition and Stone Formation in the Kidney in Renal Hypouricemia --;Acute Renal Insufficiency: Which Mechanisms Are Involved? --;6 Epidemiology of Hyperuricaemia --;7 Pathogenesis of Monosodium Urate Crystal-Induced Inflammation --;Crystal-Associated Inflammation: Some Mechanisms of Cellular Activation --;8 The Course of Chronic Gout with Special Reference to Extra-articular Manifestations and Joints Not Affected by Acute Attacks --;9 The Course of Chondrocalcinosis --;10 Round Table Discussion.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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One person in four in the industrialized countries suffersfrom hyperuricemia and is therefore at risk of developinggouty arthritis, nephrolithiasis, or any of the otherconsequences of urate deposition.