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Hyperferritinemia increases the risk of hyperuricemia in HFE-hereditary hemochromatosis.
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Flais Jérémy, Bardou-Jacquet Edouard, Deugnier Yves, Coiffier Guillaume, Perdriger Aleth, Chalès Gérard, Ropert Martine, Loréal Olivier, Guggenbuhl Pascal
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OBJECTIVES: Hyperuricemia is becoming increasingly frequent in the population, and is known to be sometimes the cause of gout. The impact of uric acid is still not clearly understood, however. The iron metabolism may interact with the uric acid metabolism. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the serum uric acid and serum ferritin levels in a cohort of hemochromatosis patients who were...
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