Time to recognise gout as a chronic disease

Helen I Keen^{1

2

3}, Philip C Robinson^{4

5}, Nicola Dalbeth⁶, Catherine Hill^{7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, WA.
² Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA.
³ University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.
⁴ Centre for Neurogenetics and Statistical Genomics, Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
⁵ Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD.
⁶ University of Auckland, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁷ Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, SA.
⁸ Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA.

Helen I Keen et al. Med J Aust. 2020 Apr.

. 2020 Apr;212(6):285-285.e1.

doi: 10.5694/mja2.50512. Epub 2020 Feb 20.

Helen I Keen^{1

2

3}, Philip C Robinson^{4

5}, Nicola Dalbeth⁶, Catherine Hill^{7

8}

¹ Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, WA.
² Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA.
³ University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.
⁴ Centre for Neurogenetics and Statistical Genomics, Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
⁵ Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD.
⁶ University of Auckland, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁷ Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, SA.
⁸ Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Gout.

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