Is gout associated with reduced quality of life? A case-control study

Rheumatology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1441-1444

  Roddy, Edward ^a,b   Zhang, W ^a   Doherty, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practice; Gout; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; DIURETIC AGENT; URICOSURIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOUT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYNOVITIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GOUT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 34548265240     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem150     Document Type: Article

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