Value of a short four-joint ultrasound test for gout diagnosis: A pilot study

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 830-837

  Peiteado, D ^a   de Miguel, E ^a   Villalba, A ^a   Ordonez M C ^b   Castillo, C ^a   Martin Mola E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL QUIRÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; Gout; Imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

URATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT FOUR JOINT ULTRASOUND; SIGNAL DETECTION; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TENDON;

ADULT; AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84872696545     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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