Kuang-Hui Yu, Der-Yuan Chen, Jiunn-Horng Chen, Shih-Yang Chen, Shyh-Ming Chen, Tien-Tsai Cheng, Song-Chou Hsieh, Tsu-Yi Hsieh, Pai-Feng Hsu, Chang-Fu Kuo, Mei-Chuan Kuo, Hing-Chung Lam, I-Te Lee, Toong-Hua Liang, Hsiao-Yi Lin, Shih-Chang Lin, Wen-Pin Tsai, Gregory J Tsay, James Cheng-Chung Wei, Chung-Han Yang, Wen-Chan Tsai
Gout is an inflammatory disease manifested by the deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in joints, cartilage, synovial bursa, tendons or soft tissues. Gout is not a new disease, which was first documented nearly 5,000 years ago. The prevalence of gout has increased globally in recent years, imposing great disease burden worldwide. Moreover, gout or hyperuricemia is clearly associated with a variety of comorbidities, including cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease, urolithiasis, metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus, thyroid dysfunction, and psoriasis...
April 2018: International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases