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- Male: 4.5-8 mg/ dl
- Female: 2.5-6.2 mg/ dl
- Child: < 12 years : 2-5.5 mg/ dl
- Adult: > 60 years:
- Male: 4.2-8 mg/ dl
- Female: 2.7-6.8 mg/ dl
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- To assess for hyperuricemia, an elevated level of uric acid in the blood
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- 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
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- Fanconi's syndrome
- Wilson's disease
- Hodgkin's disease
- Xanthinuria
- Multiple myeloma
- Bronchogenic carcinoma
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- Starvation
- High purine diet
- Stress
- Caffeine or vitamin C ingestion
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