New classification criteria for gout: A framework for progress

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1748-1753

  Dalbeth, Nicola ^a   Fransen, Jaap ^b   Jansen, Tim L ^b   Neogi, Tuhina ^c   Schumacher, H Ralph ^d   Taylor, William J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Classification; Gout; Research; Urate

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CRYSTAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; GOLD STANDARD; GOUT; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84887358901     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket154     Document Type: Review

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