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Fungalbionics: A New Concept of the Etiology of Gout, Hyperuricemia and their Related Diseases

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Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism in Man VI

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Fungalbionics implicates fungi/fungal metabolites as the cause of gout, hyperuricemia and their related diseases. These diseases are characterized by the presence of two distinctively different findings (detailed in Tables 1 and 2):

  1. 1.

    Fungal-derived metabolites in extra-cellular compartments,

  2. 2.

    Fungal structure/host immunoresponsive-type tissue lesions.

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  1. University of California School of Medicine San Francisco, California, USA

    A. V. Costantini

  2. European Multicenter Fungalbionic Research Project, Am Muhlbach 13, 7800, Freiburg, West Germany

    A. V. Costantini

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  1. Mikanagi Gotanda Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Kiyonobu Mikanagi

  2. Tokyo Women’s Medical College, Tokyo, Japan

    Kusuki Nishioka

  3. University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    William N. Kelley

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Costantini, A.V. (1989). Fungalbionics: A New Concept of the Etiology of Gout, Hyperuricemia and their Related Diseases. In: Mikanagi, K., Nishioka, K., Kelley, W.N. (eds) Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism in Man VI. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 253A. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5673-8_44

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