Sonographic features of a tophaceous nodule

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 746-747

  Balbir Gurman, Alexandra ^a   Nahir, Abraham M ^a   Braun Moscovici, Yolanda ^a   Soudack, Michal ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gout; Tophi; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; COLCHICINE; INDOMETACIN; URIC ACID;

ABSCESS; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FINGER MALFORMATION; GOUT; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; JOINT EXAMINATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; RHEUMATOID NODULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GOUT; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 28244446960     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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