Increased risk of recurrent gout attacks with hospitalization

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Dubreuil, Maureen ^a   Neogi, Tuhina ^a   Chen, Clara A ^b   Choi, Hyon K ^a   Chaisson, Christine E ^b   Hunter, David J ^c   Zhang, Yuqing ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gout; Hospital medicine

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; COLCHICINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOUT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84888133227     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.06.026     Document Type: Article

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