The validation of a diagnostic rule for gout without joint fluid analysis: A prospective study

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 609-614

  Kienhorst, Laura B E ^a   Janssens, Hein J E M ^a,b   Fransen, Jaap ^b   Janssen, Matthijs ^a  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diagnostic rule; Gout; Joint fluid; Synovial fluid

Indexed keywords

ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; URATE; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; GOUT; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOINT ASPIRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MONARTHRITIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84926509473     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keu378     Document Type: Article

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