Some Selected Websites

www.arc.org.uk/newsviews/arctdy/115/gout.htm
'Over and gout' a UK rheumatologist examines gout and its treatment.

www.rheumatology.org/patients/factsheet/gout.html
Factsheet for patients from the American College of Rheumatology.

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/goutandpseudogout.html
Factsheet and information about resources concerning gout and pseudogout compiled by the US National Library of Medicine.

www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/gout/gout.htm
Questions and answers about gout from the National Institutes of Health in the USA.

www.pumpa.org
Website for patients with gout, which is associated with very rare inherited disorders of purine metabolism.

http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/gout
Web community for patients with gout.

www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/gout
Up to the minute information on gout in an easy-to-read format.

www.els.net
Encyclopaedia of Life Sciences. Reference resource for work published in the field of biological sciences - subscription required

The UK Gout Society is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

A few recent references for further reading

Emmerson BT
Getting rid of Gout. A guide to management and prevention.
Oxford University Press. 2nd edition 2002
ISBN 0-19-551667-2
Monograph for patients by a leading authority from Australia.

Grahame R, Simmonds A & Carey E
Gout - 'At your fingertips guide',
Class Publishing 2003
ISBN 1-85-959067-5

Fam AG
Treating acute gouty arthritis with selective COX 2 inhibitors
BMJ 2002; 325: 980-1
Editorial review by a Professor of Medicine from Canada.

Nuki G
Gout
Medicine 2002; 30: 71-76
Chapter from basic, continuously updated, textbook of clinical medicine for doctors.

Snaith ML
Gout: Diet and Uric acid revisited.
Lancet 2001; 358: 525-7
A review of clinical research.