Alcohol excess may be overemphasised in gout treated in secondary care [1]

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1243, 2006, Pages

  Dalbeth, Nicola ^a   Gow, Peter ^a  

^a Division of Medicine Emergency and Integrated Care   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PURINE; URATE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BEER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GOUT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KIDNEY TUBULE EXCRETION; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF REPORT; URIC ACID URINE LEVEL;

EID: 33750270752     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Choi HK, Atkinson K, Karlson EW, et al. Alcohol intake and risk of incident gout in men: a prospective study. Lancet 2004;363:1277-81.
2. Zhang Y, Woods R, Chaisson CE, et al. Alcohol consumption as a trigger of recurrent gout attacks. Am J Med. 2006;119(9):800 e13-18.
3. Wallace SL, Robinson H, Masi AT, et al. Preliminary criteria for the classification of the acute arthritis of primary gout. Arthritis Rheum. 1977;20(3):895-900.