Improving the Evidence Based Diagnosis of Gout in the Primary Care Setting
<p> Although gout is the most prevalent form of inflammatory arthritis, its diagnosis can be complex. To meet the gold standard for diagnosis, providers need to perform a joint aspiration and identify the presence of monosodium urate crystals (MSU) in the synovial fluid or from tophi, a challe...
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State University of New York at Binghamton
2017
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