title: Gout and hyperuricemia.
abstract: Hyperuricemia is an elevated uric acid level in blood. Gout is a common systemic metabolic disease characterized by deposition of monosodium urate monohydrate crystals with resultant acute intense inflammation of the involved joint. The clinical spectrum ranges from asymptomatic hyperuricemia to intermittent acute episodes of gouty arthritis to chronic tophaceous gout and chronic gouty arthropathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.
authors.forename: Chandra S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Chilappa
authors.forename: Wilbert S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Aronow
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: Kirk
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sperber
authors.forename: Umesh
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Julia Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Ash
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006073:Gout / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006074:Gout Suppressants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D033461:Hyperuricemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D014528:Uricosuric Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014969:Xanthine Oxidase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D006074:Gout Suppressants; D014528:Uricosuric Agents; D014969:Xanthine Oxidase