Role of ultrasound and other advanced imaging in the diagnosis and management of gout

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-153

  Thiele, Ralf G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal arthritis; Crystal deposition disorder; Crystal induced arthritis; CT; DECT; Gout; Imaging; MRI; Sonography; Ultrasonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ARTHROGRAPHY; GOUT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URIC ACID;

EID: 79957451348     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-010-0156-4     Document Type: Article

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