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Estrogen stimulates uric acid excretion, so men have higher blood plasma levels of uric acid. Marieb, E. N., and Hoehn, K. (2007). Human Anatomy & Physiology (7th ed.). San Francisco: Pearson Benjamin Cummings.

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