Axial gouty arthropathy

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 338, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-146

  Saketkoo, Lesley Ann ^a,b,c   Robertson, Hugh J ^a   Dyer, Herbert R ^b   Virk, Zia Ullah ^a,b   Ferreyro, Humberto Roque ^a   Espinoza, Luis R ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c LSU Section of Rheumatology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cord compression; Gout; Hyperuricemia; Spinal; Uric acid; Vertebral

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; COLCHICINE; INDOMETACIN; PREDNISONE; URATE; URATE OXIDASE; URIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHRONIC PAIN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GOUT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; LUMBAR SPINE; NECK PAIN; NEUROSURGERY; PREVALENCE; RADICULOPATHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACIC SPINE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 69349100081     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181a3dc14     Document Type: Review

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