Treatment and prevention of gout
| Autor: | Lucille R. Ferrara, Scott J. Saccomano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Adult
Male musculoskeletal diseases congenital hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities medicine.medical_specialty Gout Nursing Diagnosis Joint spaces Arthritis urologic and male genital diseases Diagnosis Differential chemistry.chemical_compound Risk Factors Internal medicine medicine Humans Hyperuricemia Purine metabolism General Nursing Diagnostic Tests Routine business.industry nutritional and metabolic diseases Urate crystals medicine.disease Diet Uric Acid Radiography Endocrinology chemistry Practice Guidelines as Topic Uric acid business Risk Reduction Behavior |
| Zdroj: | The Nurse Practitioner. 40:24-30 |
| ISSN: | 0361-1817 |
| Popis: | Gout is a disorder of purine metabolism that primarily occurs in adult males. Elevated plasma uric acid concentrations (hyperuricemia) cause deposits of urate crystals in joint spaces causing severe, repeated attacks of arthritis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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