Clinical diagnostic criteria for gout: Comparsion with the gold standard of synovial fluid crystal analysis

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-24

  Malik, Aarti ^a,b   Schumacher, H Ralph ^a   Dinnella, Janet E ^a   Clayburne, Gilda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystals; Gout; Joint fluid

Indexed keywords

URATE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVIAL FLUID; URIC ACID;

EID: 67149095182     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3181945b79     Document Type: Article

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