Gout is a type of arthritis that mainly affects the small joints at the ends of the feet, caused by elevated ... forming swellings known as tophi. Chronic gout can cause joint deformities over ...

Because symptom levels were collected as categories rather than exact numbers, correlations between levels of flares, tophi, and sUA were conducted using Spearman's rho. For the purposes of ...

The present study quantifies the impact of the presence of tophi and frequency of acute gout attacks on health-related quality of life (HRQOL), productivity, and healthcare resource utilization.

He had a prior history of coronary heart disease, high-grade ischemic cardiomyopathy, chronic renal failure, and chronic gouty arthritis with multiple gouty tophi. He had also had hyperuricemia ...