Diseases

Gouty Arthritis

Arthritis, especially of the great toe, as a result of gout. Acute gouty arthritis often is precipitated by trauma, infection, surgery, etc. The initial attacks are usually monoarticular but later attacks are often polyarticular. Acute and chronic gouty arthritis are associated with accumulation of MONOSODIUM URATE in and around affected joints.

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Arthritis, especially of the great toe, as a result of gout. Acute gouty arthritis often is precipitated by trauma, infection, surgery, etc. The initial attacks are usually monoarticular but later attacks are often polyarticular. Acute and chronic gouty arthritis are associated with accumulation of MONOSODIUM URATE in and around affected joints.

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  • Arthritis, Gouty
  • Arthritides, Gouty
  • Gouty Arthritides

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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90; was GOUTY ARTHRITIS 1989

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  • Arthritis (1966-1988)
  • Gout (1966-1988)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Gouty Arthritis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015210. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015210
  2. Gouty Arthritis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3624453