Uric acid and evolution

B Álvarez-Lario, J Macarrón-Vicente - Rheumatology, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Uric acid (UA) is the end product of purine metabolism in humans due to the loss of uricase
activity by various mutations of its gene during the Miocene epoch, which led to humans …

European evidence-based recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus: the SHARE initiative

N Groot, N De Graeff, T Avcin… - Annals of the …, 2017 - ard.bmj.com
Childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) is a rare, multisystem and potentially
life-threatening autoimmune disorder with significant associated morbidity. Evidence-based …

Management of gout and hyperuricemia in CKD

AB Vargas-Santos, T Neogi - American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2017 - Elsevier
Hyperuricemia and gout, the clinical manifestation of monosodium urate crystal deposition,
are common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Although the presence of CKD …

Update on gout: new therapeutic strategies and options

R Terkeltaub - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2010 - nature.com
Gout, a disease recognized since antiquity, has increased in prevalence in recent years and
the clinical profile of this disease has become increasingly complex, owing to large numbers …

Starting dose is a risk factor for allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome: a proposed safe starting dose of allopurinol

LK Stamp, WJ Taylor, PB Jones… - Arthritis & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Allopurinol is the most commonly used urate‐lowering therapy in gout. Allopurinol
hypersensitivity syndrome (AHS) is a rare but potentially fatal adverse event. Dosing …

Gout in the UK and Germany: prevalence, comorbidities and management in general practice 2000–2005

L Annemans, E Spaepen, M Gaskin… - Annals of the …, 2008 - ard.bmj.com
Objective: To investigate and compare the prevalence, comorbidities and management of
gout in practice in the UK and Germany. Methods: A retrospective analysis of patients with …

Phase IIa, placebo-controlled, randomised study of lutikizumab, an anti-interleukin-1α and anti-interleukin-1β dual variable domain immunoglobulin, in patients with …

M Kloppenburg, C Peterfy, IK Haugen… - Annals of the …, 2019 - ard.bmj.com
Objective To assess the efficacy, safety, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the
anti-interleukin (IL)-1α/β dual variable domain immunoglobulin lutikizumab (ABT-981) in …

Gout: why is this curable disease so seldom cured?

M Doherty, TL Jansen, G Nuki, E Pascual… - Annals of the …, 2012 - ard.bmj.com
Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis and one in which pathogenesis and risk
factors are best understood. One of the treatment objectives in current guidelines is 'cure' …

Epidemiology of gout and hyperuricaemia in Italy during the years 2005–2009: a nationwide population-based study

G Trifirò, P Morabito, L Cavagna, C Ferrajolo… - Annals of the …, 2013 - ard.bmj.com
Objective To assess the epidemiology of gout and hyperuricaemia in the Italian general
population during the years 2005–2009. Methods Using the Italian primary care database …

Patients with gout adhere to curative treatment if informed appropriately: proof-of-concept observational study

F Rees, W Jenkins, M Doherty - Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2013 - ard.bmj.com
Introduction Many doctors believe that patients with gout are unwilling to receive urate-
lowering therapy (ULT) and blame them for poor adherence to management. Objective To …