Detection of periarticular urate deposits with dual energy CT in patients with acute gouty arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 470-472

  Manger, Bernhard ^a   Lell, M ^b   Wacker, J ^a   Schett, G ^a   Rech, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URATE;

ACUTE GOUT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GOUT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, GOUTY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URIC ACID;

EID: 84860401381     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2011.154054     Document Type: Letter

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