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Q J Med 2003; 96: 172-173
© 2003 Association of Physicians

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Familial juvenile hyperuricaemic nephropathy

J.G. Puig and R.J. Torres

‘La Paz’ University Hospital, Madrid, Spain e-mail: jgarciapuig@navegalia.com

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Sir,

Fairbanks et al.1 raise three contentious aspects concerning familial juvenile hyperuricaemic nephropathy (FJHN): (a) whether the reduced urinary uric acid excretion is the cause or the result of the renal disease; (b) whether allopurinol prevents renal deterioration; and (c) the gene defect underlying the disturbance of uric acid under-excretion. Our most recent studies may shed . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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