Unusual presentations of gout: Tips for accurate diagnosis

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 253-268

  Uy, Julito P ^a   Nuwayhid, Naziha ^a   Saadeh, Constantine ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0030191811     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1996.07.20     Document Type: Article

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