Clinical, radiographic and echocardiographic findings in a patient with ochronosis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 403-406

  Kocyigit H ^a,c   Gurgan A ^a   Terzioglu, R ^a   Gurgan U ^b  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Medim Radiological Diagnosis Center   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular ochronosis; Ochronosis; Ochronotic arthritis

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN; HOMOGENTISIC ACID;

ADULT; ALKAPTONURIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OCHRONOSIS; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

BACK PAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCHRONOSIS; PAIN; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 0031761631     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01450903     Document Type: Article

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