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Tophi and frequent gout flares are associated with impairments to quality of life, productivity, and increased healthcare resource use: Results from a cross-sectional survey

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of gout is increasing, and most research on the associated burden has focused on serum urate (sUA) levels. The present study quantifies the impact of the presence of tophi and frequency of acute gout attacks on health-related quality of life (HRQOL), productivity, and heal...

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Autores principales: Khanna, Puja P, Nuki, George, Bardin, Thomas, Tausche, Anne-Kathrin, Forsythe, Anna, Goren, Amir, Vietri, Jeffrey, Khanna, Dinesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22999027
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-10-117