Watch out for 'pins and needles' in hands - It may be a case of gout

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2185-2187

  Patil, V S ^a   Chopra, Arvind ^b  

^a Hand Clinic   (India)

^b Center for Rheumatic Diseases   (India)

Author keywords

Gout; Hand; Nerve entrapment; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tophaceous gout

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLOPURINOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; PREDNISOLONE; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; GOUT; HAND MALFORMATION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDIA; KNEE ARTHRITIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MONARTHRITIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOPURINOL; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GOUT; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 36248976071     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0672-4     Document Type: Article

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