Monosodium urate crystals dissolve and are eliminated from joints and soft tissues as serum uric acid levels drop below its saturating point (400 μmol/l). Time to crystal clearance relates to ...

A recent study by researchers from the University of California San Diego and collaborators has uncovered a new molecular ...

In other cases, the body produces too much uric acid. Over time, this extra acid can form into tiny sharp crystals, which collect around your joints. A gout attack strikes when your body's immune ...

Gout is a form of arthritis caused by a buildup of uric acid crystals in a joint. It causes sudden attacks of pain, swelling, redness, and stiffness, usually in one joint, especially the big toe. Gout ...

Gout is a type of inflammatory arthritis that develops when high uric acid levels in the body form urate crystals in joints ...

Gout develops from hyperuricemia—high urate levels in the body—which causes sharp crystals to build up in the joint.

both in patients with serious crystal-related complications and also in the average gout patient; Find a practical and easy method to precisely assess the crystal burden of a patient, and whether ...