Improving management of gout in primary care: a new UK management guideline

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele.
² Rheumatology, Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Derby.
³ University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.
⁴ Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, and Haywood Academic Rheumatology Centre, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership Trust, Stoke-on-Trent.

Christian D Mallen et al. Br J Gen Pract. 2017 Jun.

. 2017 Jun;67(659):284-285.

doi: 10.3399/bjgp17X691313.

¹ Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele.
² Rheumatology, Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Derby.
³ University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.
⁴ Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, and Haywood Academic Rheumatology Centre, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership Trust, Stoke-on-Trent.

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