New ACR guidelines for gout management hold some surprises.
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Abstract
Despite exciting progress in the understanding and treatment of gout, management of this condition remains suboptimal. In the face of this inadequacy, new guidelines provide recommendations both for therapeutic approaches to hyperuricaemia and for the management and anti-inflammatory prophylaxis of acute gouty arthritis.
Medical subject headings
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
- Arthritis, Gouty
- Gout Suppressants
- Hyperuricemia
- Practice Guidelines as Topic
- Rheumatology