A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF URIC ACID VALUES OF WHOLE BLOOD IN PATIENTS WITH PSORIASIS AND OTHER DERMATOSES

[摘要] Forty-eight psoriatic patients and 48 patients with other dermatoses were investigated with respect to blood uric acid levels. Five patients in the psoriatic group, and 11 patients in the group with other dermatoses showed a high uric acid levels, which could not be related to any pathological condition known to produce hyperuricemia. Our data indicate the possibility of a relationship between obesity and hyperuricemia. Since the number of obese individuals studied was small, however, this question needs further investigation. From our data, the incidence of hyperuricemia in psoriasis is low, in fact lower than the control group of patients with other dermatoses. It is therefore concluded that psoriasis is not accompanied by abnormal blood uric acid levels. Conflicting data on blood uric acid levels in psoriasis previously reported may be partially explained on the basis of (1) coexistant physiological and pathological conditions, and (2) differences in the methods used for the uric acid determinations.