title: Gout: beyond the stereotype.
abstract: Not all gout presents with involvement of the big toe, and not all gout patients are middle-aged men. Chronic gout may mimic rheumatoid arthritis; hyperuricemia may develop in postmenopausal women and in organ transplant recipients who are being treated with immunosuppressive agents. Both classic and nonclassic cases may benefit from new therapeutic agents.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Immunology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, USA.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Ball
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D000493:Allopurinol / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006073:Gout / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006074:Gout Suppressants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D019808:Losartan / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010117:Oxypurinol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014503:Urate Oxidase / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D006074:Gout Suppressants; D000493:Allopurinol; D014503:Urate Oxidase; D010117:Oxypurinol; D019808:Losartan