Abstract
Summary
1. Uricolysis occurs in whole blood as well as in plasma incubated with white or red blood cells. The rate of uricolysis is not dependent on the hyperuricemia in normals. There is marked defect in uricolysis in leukemics under the same experimental conditions. 2. Hyperuricemia in leukemia, may be in part due to diminution in the rate of uricolysis.
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