A Delphi exercise to identify characteristic features of gout - Opinions from patients and physicians, the first stage in developing new classification criteria

• Main Authors: Rebecca L. Prowse, Nicola Dalbeth, Arthur Kavanaugh, Adewale O. Adebajo, Angelo L. Gaffo, Robert Terkeltaub, Brian F. Mandell, Bagus P.P. Suryana, Claudia Goldenstein-Schainberg, Cèsar Diaz-Torne, Dinesh Khanna, Frederic Lioté, Geraldine McCarthy, Gail S. Kerr, Hisashi Yamanaka, Hein Janssens, Herbert F. Baraf, Jiunn Horng Chen, Janitzia Vazquez-Mellado, Leslie R. Harrold, Lisa K. Stamp, Mart A. Van De Laar, Matthijs Janssen, Michael Doherty, Maarten Boers, N. Lawrence Edwards, Peter Gow, Peter Chapman, Puja Khanna, Philip S. Helliwell, Rebecca Grainger, H. Ralph Schumacher, Tuhina Neogi, Tim L. Jansen, Worawit Louthrenoo, Francisca Sivera, William J. Taylor
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84875864600&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/52646
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Objective. To identify a comprehensive list of features that might discriminate between gout and other rheumatic musculoskeletal conditions, to be used subsequently for a case-control study to develop and test new classification criteria for gout. Methods. Two Delphi exercises were conducted using W...