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What is Uric Acid?

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

Parts of this article appear courtesy of Wikipedia.
Excess Uric acid in the bloodstream is the cause of gout; but what is Uric acid?
Uric acid is a minor by-product created when the human body metabolizes nitrogen (the major by-product is urea), and is found in small amounts in urine. In some other animals, such as birds […]

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