[Functional status of the liver in podagra]

Liver function in 65 gout patients was assessed depending on the number of the aggravating factors--alcohol abuse and obesity. Functional disturbances were revealed in 16 patients. Enzyme activity was changed in 44 per cent of the patients who used alcohol. Functional liver changes were also found in 22.2 per cent of the patients in the absence of the aggravating factors which could be ascribed to influence of the gout process proper.