Gout and African Americans: Reducing disparities

Bharat Kumar; Petar Lenert

doi:10.3949/ccjm.83a.15133

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Gout and African Americans: Reducing disparities

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Gout and African Americans: Reducing disparities

Bharat Kumar and Petar Lenert

Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, Vol.83(9), pp.665-674

09/2016

DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.83a.15133

PMID: 27618355

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Abstract

African Americans are more likely to suffer from gout and are less likely to receive optimal treatment for it. Physicians should be aware of risk factors for gout and professional guidelines for treating acute attacks and high uric acid levels, and should help develop strategies to reduce disparities in healthcare delivery.

Uric Acid - analysis

Gout - therapy

Humans

Gout - diagnosis

African Americans

Gout Suppressants - pharmacology

Healthcare Disparities

Medication Therapy Management

Gout - ethnology

Practice Guidelines as Topic

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Title: Subtitle: Gout and African Americans: Reducing disparities
Creators: Bharat Kumar - Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology Fellow, Division of Immunology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA. E-mail: Bharat-Kumar@UIowa.edu
Petar Lenert - Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Immunology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, Vol.83(9), pp.665-674
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.83a.15133
PMID: 27618355
NLM abbreviation: Cleve Clin J Med
ISSN: 0891-1150
eISSN: 1939-2869
Language: English
Date published: 09/2016
Academic Unit: Immunology; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984094553102771

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