An attack of gout is said to be like your joint catching fire, and someone slamming it with a hammer to put out the flames. Now A*STAR researchers have identified how the build-up of monosodium urate ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WASHINGTON — Different stages of gout treatment may call for different serum urate targets, with certain levels ...

Hyperuricemia-mediated uric acid crystal formation may cause joint inflammation and provoke the destruction of joints through the activation of inflammasome-mediated innate immune responses. However, ...

Patients with gout and hyperuricemia harboring cardiovascular (CV) monosodium urate (MSU) deposits in atherosclerotic plaques are at an increased risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE).

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with cardiovascular monosodium urate deposits on CT were at higher risk for myocardial infarction, ...

dual energy CT scan of feet with gout DECT findings appeared more prognostic than serum uric acid levels alone. Monosodium urate (MSU) crystal deposits correlate with the degree of bone erosion ...

PHILADELPHIA — Patients with gout who underwent an intensive treat-to-target regimen of monthly up-titration of urate-lowering therapy (ULT) to reach a target serum urate level were significantly more ...

Gout is a type of arthritis caused by monosodium urate crystals forming inside and around joints, resulting in sudden flares of severe pain, heat and swelling. Any joint can be affected but gout is ...

Investigators used dual-energy computed tomography to assess the extent of spinal monosodium urate deposition among patients with gout. Individuals with gout were found to exhibit greater lumbosacral ...

Gout, a type of inflammatory arthritis caused by a buildup of uric acid (urate) in the body, affects 5.1% of U.S. adults (over 12 million), including 10% of those aged 65 or older. Urate is produced ...

The clinical description of gout dates back to antiquity, and evidence of the disease has been found in early skeletal remains. 1 Physicians since the time of Hippocrates have sought to understand the ...