Tophaceous gout: Quantitative evaluation by direct physical measurement

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2368-2372

  Schumacher Jr , H Ralph ^a,e   Becker, Michael A ^b   Palo, William A ^c   Streit, Janet ^c   MacDonald, Patricia A ^c   Joseph Ridge, Nancy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Rheumatology/Internal Medicine

^d TAP PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INC   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement; Tophaceous gout

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOOT; GOUT; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; WRIST;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URIC ACID;

EID: 28844492990     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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