Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (1270 page)

   Maple syrup urine disease

   Down syndrome

   Polycystic kidneys

   Calcinosis universalis and circumscripta

   Hypoparathyroidism

   Primary hyperparathyroidism

   Hypothyroidism

   Sarcoidosis

   Chronic berylliosis

   Patients with arteriosclerosis and hypertension (serum uric acid is increased in 80% of patients with elevated serum triglycerides)

   Certain population groups (e.g., Blackfoot and Pima Indians, Filipinos, New Zealand Maoris)

   Most common causes in hospitalized men are azotemia, metabolic acidosis, diuretics, gout, myelolymphoproliferative disorders, other drugs, unknown causes.

   It is difficult to justify therapy in asymptomatic persons with hyperuricemia to prevent gouty arthritis, uric acid stones, urate nephropathy, or risk of cardiovascular disease.