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Keep this study
Lead
Washington D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center
With
Howard University
AstraZeneca
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Patients must have at least one serum uric acid level l ≥ 7.0 mg/dL within the last two years without a clinical diagnosis of gout per American College of Rheumatology criteria30 (appendix A).
2. Patients, of matched gender and age, with normal uric acid levels will serve as controls.
You may not be if
1. Patients who meet or have met the ACR criteria for Gout, unable to read English, and/or have terminal illness will not be eligible to participate in the study.
2. Patients with a diagnosis of skin psoriasis31, rheumatoid arthritis, or spondyloarthropathies will not be eligible to participate.
3. Patients who are on urate-lowering therapy.
4. Patients with 1 or 2 total knee replacements.
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