Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic

This supplement is based on the proceedings of a symposium, “The Hyperuricemia and Gout Summit,” held October 5, 2007, in Scottsdale, Ariz. All faculty presentations at the symposium were developed by the presenting physicians themselves. The symposium was organized logistically by Fallon Medica LLC, a medical communication company. Fallon Medica transcribed audio recordings of the symposium presentations and forwarded the transcripts to the respective physician presenters, who developed the transcripts into the articles published here without assistance from undeclared contributors. All but one of the articles underwent formatting and nonsubstantive copyediting by Fallon prior to submission to Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. The Journal had all articles peer reviewed to ensure independence and freedom from bias.

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From the editor:
Confessions of a goutophile: Despite its treatability, gout remains a problem
Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Clinical manifestations of hyperuricemia and gout
Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Epidemiology of gout
Arthur L. Weaver, MD, MS

The role of hyperuricemia and gout in kidney and cardiovascular disease
N. Lawrence Edwards, MD

The gout diagnosis
Robin K. Dore, MD

The practical management of gout
H. Ralph Schumacher, Jr, MD, and Lan X. Chen, MD, PhD

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