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Uric acid (Urate)


  • Serum

  • Adult:
    1. Male: 4.5-8 mg/ dl
    2. Female: 2.5-6.2 mg/ dl
  • Child: < 12 years : 2-5.5 mg/ dl
  • Adult: > 60 years:
    1. Male: 4.2-8 mg/ dl
    2. Female: 2.7-6.8 mg/ dl


  • To assess for hyperuricemia, an elevated level of uric acid in the blood

  • Gout
  • Diabetic ketoacidosis
  • Renal failure
  • Shock
  • Polycystic kidney disease
  • Down syndrome
  • Leukemia
  • Glycogen storage disease
  • Lymphoma
  • Hemolytic anemia
  • Lesch-Nyhan's syndrome
  • Toxemia of pregnancy
  • Lead poisoning
  • Psoriasis
  • Polycythemia vera
  • Pernicious anemia
  • Tumor lysis syndrome

  • Fanconi's syndrome
  • Wilson's disease
  • Hodgkin's disease
  • Xanthinuria
  • Multiple myeloma
  • Bronchogenic carcinoma

  • Starvation
  • High purine diet
  • Stress
  • Caffeine or vitamin C ingestion











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