Challenges faced by patients in gout treatment: A qualitative study

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 172-174

  Singh, Jasvinder A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGOUT AGENT; COLCHICINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; AGED; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GOUT; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897093666     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: 15367355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000000091     Document Type: Article

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