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Published on: July 10, 2009
Hyperuricemia and gout in renal transplant recipients
Mohammad Abdelrahman1, Ali Rafi, Reda Ghacha
1Nephrology Department, Kanoo Kidney Center, Dammam Central Hospital, Saudi Arabia. mrabdelrahman@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Hyperuricemia, unlike clinical gout, is extremely common in renal transplant patients. The high prevalence of hyperuricemia is related to prolonged exposure to cyclosporine rather than to its dose or serum concentration. Serum creatinine levels do not show significant correlation with hyperuricemia, behaving more like a surrogate marker for cyclosporine dose and trough level. The low incidence of gout in renal transplant patients, despite the hyperuricemia, may be related to the prolonged immunosuppression effect.
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