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Hereditary and Environmental Factors Influencing on the Serum Uric Acid Throughout Ten Years Population Study in Japan

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Recently, gout has rapidly been increasing in Japan,1. The epidemiological study has been carried out from 1970 to clarify the incidence of gout, environmental and genetic factors influencing on the serum uric acid level on the 3,300 residents that are living in a small island in Japan,2–4.

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  1. Rheumatology Division, Dept. of Medicine School of Medicine, Mie University Medical Center, Thu City, Mie Pref, Japan

    K. Nishioka M.D. & K. Mikanagi M.D.

  2. Rheumatology Division, Dept. of Medicine School of Medicine, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan

    K. Nishioka M.D. & K. Mikanagi M.D.

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  1. Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain

    Aurelio Rapado

  2. M.R.C. Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, England

    R. W. E. Watts

  3. Department of Human Genetics, University of Nijmegen Faculty of Medicine, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Chris H. M. M. De Bruyn

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Nishioka, K., Mikanagi, K. (1980). Hereditary and Environmental Factors Influencing on the Serum Uric Acid Throughout Ten Years Population Study in Japan. In: Rapado, A., Watts, R.W.E., De Bruyn, C.H.M.M. (eds) Purine Metabolism in Man-III. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 122A. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9140-5_25

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