Prevalence of gout and hyperuricemia in Taiwan: A hospital-based, cross-sectional study

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 772-773

  Lai, Shih Wei ^a   Liu, Chiu Shong ^a   Lin, Tsann ^a   Lin, Cheng Chieh ^a   Lai, Hsueh Chou ^a   Liao, Kuan Fu ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GOUT; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID URINE LEVEL; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650330834     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181a8cab9     Document Type: Letter

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