Imaging in gout: Insights into the pathological features of disease

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 132-138

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

computed tomography; dual energy computed tomography; gout; MRI; radiography; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; URATE;

ALGORITHM; ARTHROPATHY; BONE EROSION; BONE MARROW EDEMA; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CARTILAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; IMAGING SYSTEM; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; STONE FORMATION;

BONE AND BONES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GOUT; HUMANS;

EID: 84857041871     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: 15316963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0b013e32834ff5b1     Document Type: Review

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