Epidemiology of gout: Perspectives from the past

Current Rheumatology Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-113

  Buckley, Hallie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gout; Pacific islands; Palaeopathology; Thrifty genotype

Indexed keywords

ASIA; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EUROPE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MORBIDITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PREHISTORIC PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959992201     PISSN: 15733971     EISSN: 18756360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339711795305022     Document Type: Review

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