Low-back pain caused by spinal tophus - A complication of gout in a kidney transplant recipient

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3245-3247

  Peeters, Patrick ^a   Sennesael, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine; Gout; Hyperuricaemia; Kidney transplantation; Renal failure; Spine; Tophus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 0031787687     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/13.12.3245     Document Type: Article

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