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Clinical features of gout.
Gout is a metabolic disease characterized by hyperuricemia and the deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in the joints and soft tissues, consisting of a self-limited acute phase characterized by recurrent attacks of synovitis and a chronic phase in which inflammatory and structural changes of the joints and periarticular tissues may lead to persistent symptoms. Acute gout is characteriz...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Reumatismo
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2240-2683,0048-7449
DOI: 10.4081/reumatismo.2011.238