Computed tomography in tophaceous gout

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1267-1268

  Carotti, Marina ^a   Salaffi, Fausto ^a   Ciapetti, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GOUT; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

GOUT; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URIC ACID;

EID: 77953189309     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.091345     Document Type: Article

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