Ultrasound features of tophi in chronic tophaceous gout

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 309-315

  De Ávila Fernandes, Eloy ^a,b   Kubota, Edson S ^a   Sandim, Gabriel B ^a   Mitraud, Sônia A V ^a   Ferrari, Antonio J L ^a   Fernandes, Artur R C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Depto de Diagnostico por Imagem   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Gout; Hyperuricemia; Joints; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79953831599     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-010-1008-z     Document Type: Article

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