Prevalence and treatment of gout among patients with chronic kidney disease in the Irish health system: A national study.

BACKGROUND:Gout is a common inflammatory arthritis associated with adverse clinical outcomes. Under treatment is common in the general population. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of gout and its treatment among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). METHODS:We conducted a...

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Main Authors: Elshaeima Mohammed, Leonard D Browne, Arun Kumar A U, Fahd Adeeb, Alexander D Fraser, Austin G Stack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210487