Uric acid - urine : Normal Values & Results

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Uric acid - urine

Normal Values

Normal values range from 250 to 750 milligrams per 24 hours.

Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.

What do Abnormal Results Mean?

Higher than normal uric acid levels in the urine may be due to:

Cancers that have spread (metastasized)
Disorders that affect the bone marrow or certain white blood cells
High-purine diet
Gout
Rhabdomyolysis
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
Fanconi syndrome

Lower than normal uric acid levels in the urine may be due to:

Long-term alcohol use
Chronic glomerulonephritis
Lead poisoning

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Review Date : 8/10/2009
Reviewed By : David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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