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Premenopausal Females Don’t Get Gout

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  1. Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Jessica Fairley

  2. The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Jessica Fairley

  3. Alfred Health and Epworth Healthcare, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Indi Rasaratnam

  4. Epworth Medical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Indi Rasaratnam

  5. Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medical Education, Central Clinical School, Monash University and Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Indi Rasaratnam

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  1. Infectious Diseases and General Medicine, Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Ralph Junckerstorff

  2. Rheumatology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Sharmayne Brady

  3. General Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Ar Kar Aung

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Fairley, J., Rasaratnam, I. (2023). Premenopausal Females Don’t Get Gout. In: Junckerstorff, R., Brady, S., Aung, A.K. (eds) Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4440-8_111

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