Delayed examination of synovial fluid by ordinary and polarised light microscopy to detect and identify crystals

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 444-447

  Galvez J ^a   Saiz E ^a   Linares, L F ^b   Climent, A ^a   Marras, C ^b   Pina, M F ^b   Castellon P ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; EDETIC ACID; HEPARIN; URATE;

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; GOUT; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CULTURE MEDIA; EDETIC ACID; GOUT; HEPARIN; HUMANS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TIME FACTORS; URIC ACID;

EID: 0036257086     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.61.5.444     Document Type: Article

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