Calcium pyrophosphate deposition: Sonographic features in a familial case

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1508-1509

  Di Geso, Luca ^a   Filippucci, Emilio ^a   Gutierrez, Marwin ^a   Grassi, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLCHICINE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; BIREFRINGENCE; BONE CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE DEPOSITION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEVER; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LETTER; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; INJURY; JOINT; MIDDLE AGED;

BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84863535613     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.111508     Document Type: Letter

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