Gout [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Dalbeth Nicola
• Pubblicazione: London, : Future Medicine Ltd, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.3/999
• Soggetto topico: Gout; Musculoskeletal system -- Diseases; Musculoskeletal system
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: Perez-RuizFernando SchlesingerNaomi
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Gout
• ISBN: 1-78084-189-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465161203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II