[Determination of the rheumatoid factor in gouty patients].
The authors have examined the incidence of the rheumatoid factor in the serum of a group of 100 patients, 95 males and 5 females, suffering from gout, of whom only 6 suffered from chronic gout. The rheumatoid factor in the serum was measured by RA-test (1:40) and by Waaler-Rose test (1:32). The rheumatoid factor was not present in the examined subjects and so we can state that such serum parameter does not represent, for its negativity, a laboratory index of any evidence in the gout and it doesn't represent a reason for diagnostic doubts with other forms with the rheumatoid factor in the serum.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006073:Gout / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor / Q000032:analysis*
D012217:Rheumatoid Factor
Determinazione del fattore reumatoide in pazienti gottosi.