Large epidemiologic studies of gout: Challenges in diagnosis and diagnostic criteria

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-174

  Wijnands, José M A ^a   Boonen, Annelies ^a   Arts, Ilja C W ^b   Dagnelie, Pieter C ^b   Stehouwer, Coen D A ^a   Van Der Linden, Sjef ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classification; Epidemiology; Gout

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GOUT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GOUT; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; URIC ACID;

EID: 79957489771     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-010-0157-3     Document Type: Article

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