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Q1 What is gout?
Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis affecting 1.5 % of the UK population. Various clinical presentations exist with an underlying common pathophysiology of urate crystal deposition within tissues causing inflammation and tissue damage. The key risk factor is hyperuricaemia.
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Findlay, M., Isles, C. (2015). Gout and the Kidney. In: Clinical Companion in Nephrology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14868-7_30
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