Long term uricosuric therapy in gout
| Autor: | Henrique Galindez, William D. Robinson, William M. Mikkelsen, Ivan F. Duff, George R. Thompson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1962 |
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| Zdroj: | Arthritis & Rheumatism. 5:384-396 |
| ISSN: | 1529-0131 0004-3591 |
| Popis: | The effectiveness of long term uricosuric therapy was evaluated in sixty-four patients with primary gout. Serum uric acid was reduced to normal in half the patients; the majority manifested a urate diuresis. In seventeen of fifty patients with tophi, these lesions decreased in size. Acute gouty attacks were reduced to less than one per year in forty-five, patients; the chronic symptoms present in fifty-one patients improved in forty., Effectiveness of therapy was categorized as good, moderate, and poor, with examples of illustrative cases. |
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