Which prophylactic therapies best prevent gout attacks?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 216-217

  White, Sarah ^a   Mounsey, Anne ^a   Tillett, Janine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLANTOIN; ALLOPURINOL; COLCHICINE; COLCHICINE PLUS PROBENECID; FEBUXOSTAT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PEGLOTICASE; PROBENECID; URIC ACID; ANTIGOUT AGENT; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; URATE OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; GOUT; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SHORT FORM 36; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; REVIEW;

ALLOPURINOL; COLCHICINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GOUT; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HUMANS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; QUALITY OF LIFE; THIAZOLES; URATE OXIDASE;

EID: 84897497623     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: 15337294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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