Abstract
Hyperuricaemia occurred in forty-two obese subjects treated by total fasting.
This was apparently harmless in that it did not lead to acute gout in any patient, including one male known to be a sufferer from gout.
The relationship between hyperuricaemia and the acute arthropathy of gout is discussed.
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