Crystal deposition diseases: Out of sight, out of mind

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 312-313

  McCarthy, Geraldine M ^a,b  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; URATE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYSTAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERIARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SULFATES; SYNOVIAL FLUID; URIC ACID;

EID: 18144432063     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bor.0000159709.89846.bc     Document Type: Editorial

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