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Abstract Number: 167 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Serum Uric Acid Control and Risk of Flare According to Different Cut-Offs in Patients with Gout: Longitudinal Analysis From the King Study of the Italian Society for Rheumatology
Maria Manara¹, Carlo Alberto Scirè¹, Marco A. Cimmino², Marcello Govoni³, Fausto Salaffi⁴, Greta Carrara¹, Carlomaurizio Montecucco⁵, Marco Matucci-Cerinic⁶, Giovanni Minisola⁷ and Kick-off of the Italina Network for Gout (KING) Study Group⁸, ¹Epidemiology Unit -Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milano, Italy, ²Rheumatology - Department of Internal Medicine - University of Genoa, Genova, Italy, ³Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology Unit - Polytechnic University of the Marche, Jesi, Italy, ⁵Division of Rheumatology - University of Pavia School of Medicine, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy, ⁶Department of Biomedicine & Division of Rheumatology AOUC - University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁷Rheumatology Unit - San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy, ⁸Italian Society for Rheumatology, SIR, Italy
Background/Purpose: the therapeutic goal of the management of gout is to promote crystal dissolution and prevent crystal formation. For this reason national and international guidelines…

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