Are cherries now ripe for use as a complementary therapeutic in gout? Appraisal of the state of evidence

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 230-231

  Terkeltaub, Robert ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ANTHOCYANIN; ASCORBIC ACID; COLCHICINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; URICOSURIC AGENT; XANTHINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CHERRY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD INTAKE; GOUT; HUMAN; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EATING; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMANS; MALE; PRUNUS;

EID: 84891928039     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: 14736810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/eb-2012-101211     Document Type: Note

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