Can ultrasonography make identification of asymptomatic hyperuricemic individuals at risk for developing gouty arthritis more crystal clear.docVIP

Schlesinger Arthritis Research Therapy 2011,13:107 /content/13/2/107 EDITORIAL Can ultrasonography make identi? cation of asymptomatic hyperuricemic individuals at risk for developing gouty arthritis more crystal clear? Naomi Schlesinger* See related research by Pineda et al., /content/13/1/R4 with an overall prevalence of 3.9% (8.3 million adults) [4]. Abstract e risk of developing gouty arthritis is dependent on the Hyperuricemia is the most important risk factor for gouty arthritis. The quandary is how to predict which patient with asymptomatic hyperuricemia will develop gouty arthri