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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820783503321

Titolo

Gout / / editors, Nicola Dalbeth, Fernando Perez-Ruiz, Naomi Schlesinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Future Medicine Ltd., , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-78084-189-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Disciplina

616.3999

Soggetti

Gout

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword. Gout; 1. Epidemiology of gout; 2. Pathological basis of hyperuricemia and gout; 3. Pathophysiology and immunology of acute and chronic gout; 4. An update on the genetic causes of hyperuricemia and gout; 5. Clinical features of gout; 6. Synovial fluid analysis and crystal identification; 7. Imaging of gout; 8. Outcome measures in gout; 9. The patient's perspective of gout; 10. Asymptomatic hyperuricemia and its clinical implications for extra-articular disease; 11. Principles of gout management

12. Urate-lowering therapy: xanthine oxidase inhibitors13. Urate-lowering therapy: uricosurics; 14. Urate-lowering therapy: uricases; 15. Therapies for acute flares and gout flare prophylaxis; 16. Gout comorbidities: prevalence and management; 17. Emerging therapeutics for acute and chronic gout; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Gout