Validity of gout diagnosis in Swedish primary and secondary care - a validation study.

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Published in BMC Musculoskelet Disord on June 16, 2015

Authors

Mats Dehlin1, Kalliopi Stasinopoulou2, Lennart Jacobsson3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, P.O. Box 480, 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden. mats.dehlin@vgregion.se.
2: Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, P.O. Box 480, 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden. kalliopi.stasinopoulou@vgregion.se.
3: Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, P.O. Box 480, 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden. lennart.jacobsson@gu.se.

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