Prevention of comorbidity and acute attack of gout by uric acid lowering therapy

The object of this study was to evaluate the effect of uric acid lowering therapy in reducing the new development of comorbidities and the frequency of acute attacks in gout patients. We retrospectively reviewed patients who were diagnosed to have gout with at least 3 yr of follow up. They were divi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of Korean medical science 2014, 29(5), 188, pp.657-661
Hauptverfasser:	Joo, Kowoon, Kwon, Seong-Ryul, Lim, Mie-Jin, Jung, Kyong-Hee, Joo, Hoyeon, Park, Won
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Allopurinol - therapeutic use Antimetabolites - therapeutic use Benzbromarone - therapeutic use Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control Comorbidity Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - prevention & control Enzyme Inhibitors - therapeutic use Febuxostat Female Gout - drug therapy Gout - prevention & control Gout Suppressants - therapeutic use Humans Hypertension - epidemiology Hypertension - prevention & control Male Middle Aged Original Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - epidemiology Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - prevention & control Retrospective Studies Thiazoles - therapeutic use Uric Acid - blood Uric Acid - metabolism Uricosuric Agents - therapeutic use Urolithiasis - epidemiology Urolithiasis - prevention & control 의학일반
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Zusammenfassung:	The object of this study was to evaluate the effect of uric acid lowering therapy in reducing the new development of comorbidities and the frequency of acute attacks in gout patients. We retrospectively reviewed patients who were diagnosed to have gout with at least 3 yr of follow up. They were divided into 2 groups; 53 patients with mean serum uric acid level (sUA)
ISSN:	1011-8934 1598-6357
DOI:	10.3346/jkms.2014.29.5.657