Low omega-3 fatty acid levels associate with frequent gout attacks: A case control study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 784-785

  Abhishek, A ^a   Valdes, Ana M ^a   Doherty, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGOUT AGENT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; URIC ACID;

ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GOUT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; BLOOD; DISEASE COURSE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; GOUT; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URIC ACID;

EID: 84954271127     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208767     Document Type: Letter

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