Hereditary renal hypouricemia: a new role for allopurinol?

Am J Med. 2014 Jan;127(1):e3-4. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.08.025. Epub 2013 Nov 19.

Authors

Bhavna Bhasin¹, Blanka Stiburkova², Mauricio De Castro-Pretelt³, Natalie Beck³, Joann N Bodurtha³, Mohamed G Atta⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.
² Institute of Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
³ McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.
⁴ Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md. Electronic address: matta1@jhmi.edu.

PMID: 24262806
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.08.025

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acute Kidney Injury / blood
Acute Kidney Injury / diagnosis*
Acute Kidney Injury / etiology
Acute Kidney Injury / prevention & control*
Adolescent
Allopurinol / administration & dosage
Allopurinol / therapeutic use*
Athletic Injuries / diagnosis*
Athletic Injuries / prevention & control
Biomarkers / blood
Drug Administration Schedule
Gout Suppressants / administration & dosage
Gout Suppressants / therapeutic use*
Humans
Male
Renal Tubular Transport, Inborn Errors / blood
Renal Tubular Transport, Inborn Errors / drug therapy*
Renal Tubular Transport, Inborn Errors / genetics*
Secondary Prevention
Treatment Outcome
Urinary Calculi / blood
Urinary Calculi / drug therapy*
Urinary Calculi / genetics*

Substances

Biomarkers
Gout Suppressants
Allopurinol

Supplementary concepts

Renal hypouricemia