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Asymptomatic hyperuricemia: to treat or not to treat
H Erhan Dincer1, Ayse P Dincer, Dennis J Levinson
1Department of Medicine, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, USA. hdincer@mcw.edu
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
|August 20, 2002
Abstract:
Treatment of asymptomatic hyperuricemia is not necessary in most patients, unless perhaps they have very high levels of uric acid or are otherwise at risk of complications, such as those with a personal or strong family history of gout, urolithiasis, or uric acid nephropathy.