Imaging of tophi with an extremity-dedicated MRI system

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 519-526

  Paparo, F ^a   Zampogna, G ^a   Fabbro, E ^a   Parodi, M ^a   Andracco, R ^a   Ferrero, G ^a   Garlaschi, G ^a   Cimmino, Marco A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extremity dedicated MRI; Gout; MRI; Tophi

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BONE MARROW EDEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TOPHACEOUS GOUT; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URIC ACID;

EID: 80052068292     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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