Gouty tenosynovitis - More common than we think?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1188, 2004, Pages

  Townshend, David ^a   Pai, Vasu ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INDOMETACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EDEMA; FINGER; GOUT; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCISION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; TENOSYNOVITIS; MIDDLE AGED;

FINGERS; GOUT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 1542346941     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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