Spinal gout in a renal transplant patient: a case report and literature review

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-73

  Hou, Lewis C ^a   Hsu, Andrew R ^a   Veeravagu, Anand ^a   Boakye, Maxwell ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gout; Management; Renal transplant; Spine

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; PREDNISONE; STEROID; URATE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; GOUT; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SACRAL SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; GOUT; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 33845922671     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.03.038     Document Type: Article

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