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Preliminary criteria for the classification of the acute arthritis of primary gout

Author(s) -

Wallace Stanley L.,

Robinson Harry,

Masi Alfonse T.,

Decker John L.,

Mccarty Daniel J.,

Yü T'saifan

Publication year - 1977

Publication title -

arthritis & rheumatism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1529-0131

pISSN - 0004-3591

DOI - 10.1002/art.1780200320

Subject(s) - gout , tophus , medicine , pseudogout , rheumatism , rheumatoid arthritis , hyperuricemia , arthritis , synovial fluid , septic arthritis , monoarthritis , chondrocalcinosis , gouty arthritis , uric acid , dermatology , pathology , osteoarthritis , alternative medicine

The American Rheumatism Association subcommittee on classification criteria for gout analyzed data from more than 700 patients with gout, pseudogout, rheumatoid arthritis, or septic arthritis. Criteria for classifying a patient as having gout were a) the presence of characteristic urate crystals in the joint fluid, and/or b) a tophus proved to contain urate crystals by chemical or polarized light microscopic means, and/or c) the presence of six of the twelve clinical, laboratory, and X‐ray phenomena listed in Table 5.

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