Performance of Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Gout in a Multicenter Study: Comparison With Monosodium Urate Monohydrate Crystal Analysis as the Gold Standard

• Main Authors: Alexis Ogdie, William J. Taylor, Tuhina Neogi, Jaap Fransen, Tim L. Jansen, H. Ralph Schumacher, Worawit Louthrenoo, Janitzia Vazquez-Mellado, Maxim Eliseev, Geraldine McCarthy, Lisa K. Stamp, Fernando Perez-Ruiz, Francisca Sivera, Hang Korng Ea, Martijn Gerritsen, Giovanni Cagnotto, Lorenzo Cavagna, Chingtsai Lin, Yin Yi Chou, Anne Kathrin Tausche, Manuella Lima Gomes Ochtrop, Matthijs Janssen, Jiunn Horng Chen, Ole Slot, Juris Lazovskis, Douglas White, Marco A. Cimmino, Till Uhlig, Nicola Dalbeth
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85010871780&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/57457
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2016, American College of Rheumatology Objective: To examine the performance of ultrasound (US) for the diagnosis of gout using the presence of monosodium urate monohydrate (MSU) crystals as the gold standard. Methods: We analyzed data from the Study for Updated Gout Classification Criteria (SUGAR...