Imaging in gout - What can we learn from MRI, CT, DECT and US?

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  McQueen, Fiona M ^a   Doyle, Anthony ^b   Dalbeth, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; BONE MARROW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GOUT; HUMAN; MONITORING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GOUT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 81255144224     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar3489     Document Type: Review

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