Increasing prevalence of gout and hyperuricemia over 10 years among older adults in a managed care population

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1582-1587

  Wallace, Katrine L ^a,e   Riedel, Aylin A ^b   Joseph Ridge, Nancy ^c   Wortmann, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Ingenix Inc   (United States)

^c TAP PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INC   (United States)

^d University of Oklahoma Tulsa College of Medicine   (United States)

^e TAP Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gout; Managed care; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3442899325     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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