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Uric Acid and Kidney

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Drugs, Systemic Diseases, and the Kidney

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Uric acid is the end product of purine metabolism in humans. In animals other than mammals uric acid undergoes further degradation because of the activity of enzymes such as uricase, allantoinase and allantoinase; in some species the urea that is formed is further hydrolyzed to ammonia and CO2 by the urease of intestinal bacteria (1).

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    Giorgio Fuiano, Stefano Federico, Giuseppe Conte & Vittorio E. Andreucci

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Fuiano, G., Federico, S., Conte, G., Andreucci, V.E. (1989). Uric Acid and Kidney. In: Amerio, A., Coratelli, P., Campese, V.M., Massry, S.G. (eds) Drugs, Systemic Diseases, and the Kidney. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 252. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8953-8_11

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