Limited knee joint range of motion due to invisible gouty tophi

Rheumatology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-194

  Yu, K H ^a   Lien, L C ^a   Ho, H H ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gout; Invisible tophi; Knee; MR image

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GOUT; HUMAN; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOUT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; URIC ACID;

EID: 1242274604     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg478     Document Type: Article

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