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From hyperuricaemia to gout: what are the missing links?

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A new epidemiological study suggests that only half of patients with hyperuricaemia will go on to develop gout. If ‘the glass is only half-full’, then is hyperuricaemia the most important risk factor for the development of gout?

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Fig. 1: Clinical manifestations of chronic hyperuricaemia.

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  1. Université Paris Diderot, UFR de Médecine, Paris, France

    Frédéric Lioté

  2. Service de Rhumatologie & INSERM UMR 1132 (Centre Viggo Petersen), Hôpital Lariboisière (AP-HP), Paris, France

    Frédéric Lioté

  3. EA 4490, Lille University, Lille, France

    Tristan Pascart

  4. Service de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Saint-Philibert, Lomme, France

    Tristan Pascart

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Lioté, F., Pascart, T. From hyperuricaemia to gout: what are the missing links?. Nat Rev Rheumatol 14, 448–449 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41584-018-0040-6

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