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ult-indications · fitzgerald-2020-acr-gout-guideline
- Citation
- fitzgerald-2020-acr-gout-guideline
- Claim ID
- ult-indications
- Assertion
- The ACR strongly recommends starting urate-lowering therapy for patients with one or more subcutaneous tophi, radiographic joint damage due to gout, or two or more flares a year.
- Quote
Initiating ULT is strongly recommended for gout patients with any of the following: ≥1 subcutaneous tophi; evidence of radiographic damage (any modality) attributable to gout; OR frequent gout flares, with frequent being defined as ≥2 annually.
- Quote language
- en
- Locator
- section: Indications for pharmacologic ULT
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