Authors: Mary A. Williamson Mt(ascp) Phd,L. Michael Snyder Md
Use
Diagnosis of kidney stones
Monitoring of people with gout, since many of these patients develop uric acid kidney stones
Interpretation
Increased In
Gout
Renal failure
Leukemia
Multiple myeloma
Lymphoma
Toxemia of pregnancy
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
Down syndrome
Polycystic kidney disease
Chronic lead nephropathy