The acute inflammation of gout is thought to be due to which of the following?
A) Ingestion of urate crystals by lymphocytes and syntrophocytes
B) Ingestion of uncoated sodium pyrophosphate crystals by monocytes and synoviocytes
C) Ingestion of uncoated urate crystals by monocytes and synoviocytes
D) Ingestion of uncoated calcium phosphate crystals by monocytes and synoviocytes
C
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