Abstracts tagged "Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) and gout"

Abstract Number: 2225 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Exploring the Relationship between Gout and Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH): An Epidemiologic and Genetic Study
Michael Corkill¹, Ruth Topless², Adam Worthington³, Robert Mitchell³, Kate Gregory³, Lisa K. Stamp⁴, Matthew Brown⁵, Tony R. Merriman² and Nicola Dalbeth⁶, ¹North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, ²University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ³Waitemata District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁴University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, ⁵Translational Genomics Group, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia, Brisbane, Australia, ⁶University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: Gout has been reported to be a risk factor for development of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), a condition characterized by abnormal bone formation…