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JOHN K. SASS, MD; HIDEO H. ITABASHI, MD; ROBERT A. DEXTER, MD

Arch Neurol. 1965;13(6):639-655.

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JUVENILE GOUT is acknowledged to be a rare disorder, and its association with a central nervous system disorder is an even more unusual occurrence. This fact is borne out by the paucity of reports despite the long-recognized clinical entity of gout. Only about 15 accounts of gout in children under 10 years of age have appeared in the world literature since the early 1920's. Prior to this, few isolated reports of juvenile gout were made, eg, those of Gairdner (1854)¹ and Garrod (1876).² Sydenham (1683)³ indicated considerable interest in the disorder, probably engendered by his own affliction at the age of 25 years, but in his classical description he stated he had not encountered a case of gout with onset earlier than 25 years. Brøchner-Mortensen (1858)⁴ pointed out that in his own series of 100 cases and those of Scudamore (1866),⁵ Williamson (1920),⁶ . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
SAN FRANCISCO

From the California Department of Mental Hygiene, Langely Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute and the Porterville State Hospital, Porterville, Calif. Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness (Dr. Sass); assistant neuropathologist, Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute and assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and neurology, University of California School of Medicine (Dr. Itabashi); and pathologist, Porterville State Hospital (Dr. Dexter).

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Submitted for publication April 30, 1965; accepted July 6.

Reprint requests to Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 (Dr. Itabashi).

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