Gout in the axial skeleton

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 609-613

  Konatalapalli, Rukmini M ^h   DeMarco, Paul J ^a   Jelinek, James S ^b   Murphey, Mark ^c   Gibson, Michael ^e,f   Jennings, Bryan ^d   Weinstein, Arthur ^b,g  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d Radiology Associates   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^g GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Computed tomography scan; Gout; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; SKELETON; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65649102293     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.080374     Document Type: Article

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