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Recently the American Rheumatism Association Comittee on classification criteria for gout reported the "preliminary criteria for the classification of the acute arthritis of primary gout.
We assesed this diagnostic criteria from clinical, epidemiological situation, to classify the acute gouty arhtritis from other arthritis. The data were obtained from 30 gouty patients and 30 patients with rheumatoid arhtritis (RA) whose diagnosis was established under classical diagnostic criteria.
On the other hand, we added 10 cases with gout whose informations were obtained in our previous population study. The results were following.
Five or more criteria of 11 criteria were found in 96.5 % of the patients with primary gout and in 5.9 % of the patients with early stage of RA.6 or more of the eleven criteria were found 86.6 %of the patients with primary gout and none of in other arthritis.
From our these data we would like agree with the opinion which was mentioned by original outhers of this criteria.
So, if the six or more of eleven criteria were found in a patients, it may be acceptable that the patient is diagnosed as a primary gout both clinical and epidemiological study.
