Outcome measures for acute and chronic gout

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2452-2455

  Schumacher Jr , H Ralph ^a,k   Edwards, Lawrence N ^b   Perez Ruiz, Fernando ^c   Becker, Michael ^d   Chen, Lan X ^a   Furst, Daniel E ^e   Joseph Ridge, Nancy ^l   Schlesinger, Naomi ^f   Horowitz, Zeb ^g   Saag, Kenneth ⁱ   Boice, Judith A ^h   Yamanaka, Hisashi ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g Savient Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^h MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^j TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l VA Medical Center J5IK ^*

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Author keywords

Classification; Gout; Instruments; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; URATE OXIDASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GOUT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JOINT FUNCTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTHRITIS, GOUTY; CHRONIC DISEASE; GOUT; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 28844432910     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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