Gout is a chronic, progressive disease that is managed most effectively when the patient's serum urate level is reduced to lower than 6 mg/dL by early therapeutic intervention.
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Early and accurate gout diagnosis and disease management are essential. Making the clinical diagnosis takes into consideration the differential diagnosis supported by the use of clinical, serological, and diagnostic studies.
The results of gout studies reported at the 2011 Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism revealed the true burden of the disease and highlighted promising new treatments.
Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis. Arthrocentesis and identification of negatively birefringent monosodium urate crystals from aspirate is the gold standard for diagnosis.
Another way to assure patients that theirs is not the gout of Henry VIII. Modalities such as MRI show the earliest damage, and will enable outcomes research toward effective immediate treatments. More »
Gout, once considered a disease of kings, is now a common and equal-opportunity disease that affects as many as 3 million people in the US. Gouty arthritis has now become a serious problem in organ transplant recipients; in diuretic users; and in patients with CKD, hypertension, metabolic syndrome,... More »
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