Gout: Diagnosis and Management of Gouty Arthritis and Hyperuricemia

Abstract

Robert Terkeltaub and N. Lawrence Edwards, Professional Communications, Inc., West Islip, New York, USA, 256 pages. $24.95 US. Drs. Terkeltaub and Edwards have chosen an opportune time to comprehensively review gout and hyperuricemia, as the field has had a number of new drug trials and epidemiologic studies in recent years. The book is well written and illustrated and is laid out logically, first describing the pathophysiology and epidemiology of …