Prevalence of gout and asymptomatic hyperuricemia in the pediatric population: a cross-sectional study of a Japanese health insurance database

BACKGROUND: Although gout is rare in children, chronic sustained hyperuricemia can lead to monosodium urate deposits progressing to gout, just as in adults. This study assessed prevalence and characteristics of gout and asymptomatic hyperuricemia, and incidence of gouty arthritis in the pediatric po...

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Autores principales: Ito, Shuichi, Torii, Tomoko, Nakajima, Akihiro, Iijima, Takeshi, Murano, Hiroshi, Horiuchi, Hideki, Yamanaka, Hisashi, Honda, Masataka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7559194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33059648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02379-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7559194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33059648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02379-0

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