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Such Sweet Sorrow: Fructose and the Incidence of Gout

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  1. Division of Rheumatology, New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, Room 1410, 301 East 17th Street, New York, NY, 10003, USA

    Michael H. Pillinger

  2. Division of Rheumatology, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Framingham, CT, 06032, USA

    Aryeh M. Abeles

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Pillinger, M.H., Abeles, A.M. Such Sweet Sorrow: Fructose and the Incidence of Gout. Curr Rheumatol Rep 12, 77–79 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11926-010-0088-z

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