"Crystal Clear"-Sonographic Assessment of Gout and Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 197-202

  Grassi, W ^a   Meenagh, G ^b   Pascual, E ^c   Filippucci, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b MUSGRAVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

CPPD; gout; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; URATE;

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE; CALCIFICATION; CARTILAGE; CRYSTAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; GOUT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; STONE FORMATION; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TENDON;

ARTHRITIS, GOUTY; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; GOUT; HUMANS;

EID: 33750613925     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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