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ArticleClinical case reports2024

Tophaceous gout.

Durga Neupane, Nimesh Lageju, Lokesh Shekher Jaiswal, Narendra Pandit, Asim Mahat, Saransh Ghimire, Upendra Pokhrel, Sefali Koirala

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Durga NeupaneB.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan Nepal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9736-9335
Nimesh LagejuB.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan Nepal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1411-5867
Lokesh Shekher JaiswalDepartment of Surgery (Division of CTVS) B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan Nepal.
Narendra PanditDepartment of Surgical Gastroenterology Birat Medical College Teaching Hospital (BMCTH) Biratnagar Nepal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6904-7972
Asim MahatB.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan Nepal.
Saransh GhimireKathmandu Medical College and Teaching Hospital Kathmandu Nepal.
Upendra PokhrelPatan Academy of Health Sciences Lalitpur Nepal.
Sefali KoiralaCollege of Dental Surgery, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan Nepal.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hyperuricemic patients (≥7.8 mg/dL) can develop polyarticular tophaceous gout from intermittent arthritis if untreated. Acute flares and tophi development can be avoided by lowering blood urate levels with xanthine oxidase inhibitors.

Indexed as

allopurinolgouthyperuricemiamonosodium uratetophi

Identifiers

PMID38868124
PMCPMC11166553

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