Book Review: Haskard, D. The Gout: A Medical Microcosm in a Changing World; World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd.: London, UK, 2025; ISBN: 978-1-80061-650-9

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Authors: Géraldine McCarthy
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Abstract

When, as a junior doctor, Dorian Haskard made a presentation on a patient with gout to the Medical Staff Round at the London Hospital in 1981, he was told that gout was ‘yesterday’s disease and academically dead’ [...]

Fields of Study & Subjects

Gout Hyperuricemia Uric Acid Biochemical and Molecular Research Inflammasome and immune disorders

Publication details

Journal / source
Gout Urate and Crystal Deposition Disease
Volume
4
Issue
1
Pages
4–4
Publication date
27 February 2026
Language
EN