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Gout: 'a disease of plenty'
I Rasaratnam1, N Christophidis
1Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria.
Australian Family Physician
|May 1, 1995
Abstract:
Gout is a syndrome caused by an inflammatory response to the formation of monosodium urate monohydrate crystals which develop secondary to hyperuricaemia. Acute and chronic forms occur. Hyperuricaemia may be due to environmental and/or genetic factors. It most commonly affects middle-aged males. This article discusses the management of both acute and chronic gout.