Nature versus nurture in gout: a twin study.

Abstract

Hyperuricemia is a genetic trait.

Outside the context of rare genetic disorders, risk for gout is determined by the environment.

This has implications for prevention and treatment approaches.

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Subjects

• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Diseases in Twins
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Gout
• Humans
• Hyperuricemia
• Male
• Middle Aged

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Authors

• Eswar Krishnan
• Christina N Lessov-Schlaggar
• Ruth E Krasnow
• Gary E Swan

Publication date

2012-04-09

Journal

Journal topics

• Medicine

Language

Eng.

Copyright

The American journal of medicine

Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA. e.krishnan [at] stanford.edu

Release reference

Am J Med. 2012 May;125(5):499-504

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