Are Target Urate and Remission Possible in Severe Gout? A Five-year Cohort Study.

Claudia Alvarado-de la Barrera Carlos Omar López-López Everardo Álvarez-Hernández Ingris Pelaez-Ballestas Citlallyc J Gómez-Ruiz Rubén Burgos Vargas Janitzia Vazquez-Mellado

Published in: The Journal of rheumatology (2019)

In patients with severe gout, target SU was hard to achieve and remission was not possible. The main obstacles for target SU and gout remission include poor medication adherence, persistent tophi, and loss to followup.

Keyphrases

uric acid
disease activity
ulcerative colitis
early onset
rheumatoid arthritis
systemic lupus erythematosus
metabolic syndrome
drug induced