The Management of Gout
- 15 February 1996
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 334 (7), 445-451
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199602153340707
Abstract
Gout is a clinical syndrome resulting from the deposition of urate (monosodium urate monohydrate) crystals. The crystals may be deposited in a joint, leading to an acute inflammatory response, or in soft tissues, such as cartilage, causing no inflammation. Most cases of gout are characterized by the sudden onset of severe acute monarticular arthritis in a peripheral joint in the leg. The arthritis remits completely and then recurs with increasing frequency. After approximately 10 years of recurrent gouty arthritis, tophi develop in cartilage, tendons, and bursae in some patients.Established criteria for the diagnosis of gout include the presence of . . .Keywords
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