Tophaceous gout of the knee: Revisiting MRI patterns in 30 patients

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 209-214

  Ko, Kai Hsiung ^a   Hsu, Yi Chih ^a   Lee, Herng Sheng ^a   Lee, Chian Her ^b   Huang, Guo Shu ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

knee; magnetic resonance imaging; tophaceous gout

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; GOUT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEMUR; GOUT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA;

EID: 77955196560     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3181e92c38     Document Type: Article

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