Limited validity of the American college of rheumatology criteria for classifying patients with gout in primary care

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1255-1256

  Janssens, Hein J E M ^a   Janssen, Mathijs ^b   Van De Lisdonk, Eloy H ^a   Fransen, Jaap ^a   Van Riel, Piet L C M ^a   Van Weel, Chris ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URATE;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FOLLOW UP; GOUT; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONARTHRITIS; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77953720445     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.123687     Document Type: Letter

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