PRIMARY AND SECONDARY GOUT
Authors: A B GUTMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Article1 November 1953PRIMARY AND SECONDARY GOUTALEXANDER B. GUTMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.ALEXANDER B. GUTMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-39-5-1062 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThere is now some indication that the clinical syndrome of gout may well comprise several distinct anomalies of purine metabolism.1 Of these at least one may properly be considered a primary form of gout, the others as secondary to some other disease, usually involving the hematopoietic system.Primary goutis the common category of the disorder, and is more widespread than is often appreciated. 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