Most calcium pyrophosphate crystals appear as non-birefringent

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 582-584

  Ivorra, José ^a   Rosas, José ^a   Pascual, Elisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; URATE;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0032843301     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.58.9.582     Document Type: Article

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