Brief Report: Validation of a Definition of Flare in Patients With Established Gout

• Main Authors: Angelo L. Gaffo, Nicola Dalbeth, Kenneth G. Saag, Jasvinder A. Singh, Elizabeth J. Rahn, Amy S. Mudano, Yi Hsing Chen, Ching Tsai Lin, Sandra Bourke, Worawit Louthrenoo, Janitzia Vazquez-Mellado, Hansel Hernández-Llinas, Tuhina Neogi, Ana Beatriz Vargas-Santos, Geraldo da Rocha Castelar-Pinheiro, Rodrigo B.C. Amorim, Till Uhlig, Hilde B. Hammer, Maxim Eliseev, Fernando Perez-Ruiz, Lorenzo Cavagna, Geraldine M. McCarthy, Lisa K. Stamp, Martijn Gerritsen, Viktoria Fana, Francisca Sivera, William Taylor
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85041569387&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/58768
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2017, American College of Rheumatology Objective: To perform external validation of a provisional definition of disease flare in patients with gout. Methods: Five hundred nine patients with gout were enrolled in a cross-sectional study during a routine clinical care visit at 17 international sites...