Ultrasound detection of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposits in menisci: A pilot in vivo and ex vivo study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1426-1427

  Filippou, Georgios ^a   Bozios, Panagiotis ^a   Gambera, Dario ^a   Lorenzini, Sauro ^a   Bertoldi, Ilaria ^a   Adinolfi, Antonella ^a   Galeazzi, Mauro ^a   Frediani, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LETTER; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84863831693     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-201001     Document Type: Letter

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