Abstracts tagged "Kidney and crystal-induced arthritis"

Abstract Number: 2247 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Predictors of End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) in Gout Patients and General Population (GP) Controls – a Role for Interstitial Nephritis, Urate Nephropathy?
Martin Joelsson¹, Lennart Jacobsson¹ and Mats Dehlin², ¹Dept of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, Gothenburg, Sweden, ²Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Decreased renal excretion of urate is an established risk factor for hyperuricemia, whereas it is less clear if hyperuricemia or gout predict impaired kidney…