[Behavior of serum acid levels in children in comparison with adults and the incidence of purine metabolism disorders and concomitant diseases in children of families with gout].

The result of our examinations was that there is a vast correspondence of the medium levels of serum uric acid as well as of the frequency of hyperuricaemia between children after the 10th year of age and the adults. In comparison to the average population children from families with a gout anamnesis revealed a twice as frequent disturbance of the purine metabolism. In a familial appearance of gout and/or in unclear renal as well as joint findings the paediatrician should think of the presence of a disturbance of the purine metabolism.