Gouty arthritis mimicking rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 225-228

  Cobb, Kelly L ^a,b   Mendez, Enrique A ^a,c   Espinoza, Luis R ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gout; Polyarticular gout; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; HYDROXYZINE EMBONATE; INDOMETACIN; METHOTREXATE; MISOPROSTOL; NAFCILLIN; PETHIDINE; PREDNISONE; SULINDAC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; MALE; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0031663286     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124743-199808000-00014     Document Type: Article

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