Development of acute gouty attack in the morbidly obese population after bariatric surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 405-407

  Antozzi, Priscila ^a   Soto, Flavia ^a   Arias, Fernando ^a   Carrodeguas, Lester ^a   Ropos, Trumane ^b   Zundel, Natan ^a   Szomstein, Samuel ^a   Rosenthal, Raul ^a  

^a Bariatric Institute   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Gout; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 16344382556     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/0960892053576802     Document Type: Article

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