latent gout

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gout (gout) a group of disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism, characterized by typhi causing recurrent paroxysmal attacks of acute inflammatory arthritis usually affecting a single peripheral joint, usually responsive to colchicine, and usually followed by complete remission; hyperuricemia and uric acid urolithiasis are also present in fully developed cases.gout´y

latent gout , masked gout lithemia without the typical features of gout.

latent gout

The presence of abnormally large amounts of uric acid in the blood without the symptoms of gout. Also called masked gout.

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