Effect of caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee on serum uric acid and uric acid clearance, a randomised within-subject experimental study.

Objectives: The effect of coffee on serum uric acid (SUA) has shown conflicting results. This study was to determine the effects of caffeinated coffee (CC) and decaffeinated coffee (DC) on SUA, serum xanthine oxidase activity (sXOA) and urine uric acid clearance (UAC).

Methods: This was a prospective randomised within-subject experimental study design of 51 healthy male participants.

Quality of gout care in the emergency departments: a multicentre study.

Background: To report on prevalence of gout flare in emergency departments and to report the quality of gout care in emergency departments and causes of admission at emergency departments.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of visits that had a primary diagnosis in gout by the International Classification of Diseases, the tenth revision, at emergency departments from 6 universities in Thailand over a 5 year period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016.

Results: Six hundred thirty-two visits were included to the study.

A Study of Interleukin-2 Production and Nck Adaptor Molecule Gene Expression in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients.

Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease. The cause of the disease is related to multiple factors and involves immune responses. To the best of our knowledge, the relationship between the production of interleukin-2 (IL-2) and Nck adaptor molecule gene expression by lymphocytes in patients with SLE has not been studied.