Diagnosis of chronic gout: Evaluating the american college of rheumatology proposal, European league against rheumatism recommendations, and clinical judgment

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1743-1748

  Peláez Ballestas, Ingris ^a   Cuevas, Claudia Hernández ^a   Burgos Vargas, Rubén ^a   Roque, Lizandra Hernández ^a   Terán, Leobardo ^b   Espinoza, Jesús ^c   Esquivel Valerio, Jorge A ^d   Goycochea Robles, María Victoria ^b   Aceves, Francisco J ^b   Bernard, Ana Guilaisne ^e   Ventura, Lucio ^c   Shumsky, Clara ^c   Garduño, Adolfo Hernández ^a   Vázquez Mellado, Janitzia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c PEMEX   (Mexico)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^e HOSPITAL CIVIL DE GUADALAJARA FRAY ANTONIO ALCALDE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Gout; Hyperuricemia; Podagra

Indexed keywords

URATE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHEMA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWELLING;

EID: 77955488189     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.091385     Document Type: Article

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