Tophi as first manifestation of gout

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 393-396

  Koley, Sankha ^a   Salodkar, Atul ^b   Choudhary, Sanjiv ^b   Bhake, Arvind ^b   Singhania, Kailash ^b   Choudhury, Manoj ^a  

^a BANKURA SAMMILANI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

gout; nephrocalcinosis; Tophi

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CALCIUM; CITRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; OXALIC ACID; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MARKER; GIEMSA STAIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GOUT; HUMAN; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; MALE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; TOPHI; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID STONE; URINALYSIS;

ARTHRITIS, GOUTY; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NEPHROCALCINOSIS; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; URIC ACID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049396460     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: 09733922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.66593     Document Type: Article

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