Urate Deposition in Man and its Clinical Consequences

At present the knowledge about the pathophysiological mechanisms of urate deposition and its clinical consequences is poor. The practitioner severely needs information for his every day work that enables him to estimate the risk of individual patients' susceptibility to diseases like gouty arthritis or nephrolithiasis.

Inhalt
1 The Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism 40 Years of Experience at the Poliklinik of the University of Munich.- 2 The Enigma of Urate Deposition.- Precipitation and Deposition of Monosodium Urate Monohydrate Crystals in Tissues.- 3 Urate Depositions in Tissues.- 4 Renal Consequences of Hyperuricemia.- Urate and Uric Acid Crystal Reactions Within the Kidney Clinical and Experimental Studies.- 5 Urate Deposition and Stone Formation in the Kidney in Renal Hypouricemia.- Acute Renal Insufficiency: Which Mechanisms Are Involved?.- 6 Epidemiology of Hyperuricaemia.- 7 Pathogenesis of Monosodium Urate Crystal-Induced Inflammation.- Crystal-Associated Inflammation: Some Mechanisms of Cellular Activation.- 8 The Course of Chronic Gout with Special Reference to Extra-articular Manifestations and Joints Not Affected by Acute Attacks.- 9 The Course of Chondrocalcinosis.- 10 Round Table Discussion.