DECT urate deposits: Now you see them, now you don't

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 458-459

  McQueen, Fiona Marion Florence ^a,b   Doyle, Anthony J ^c   Reeves, Quentin ^c   Gamble, Greg D ^a   Dalbeth, Nicola ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URATE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GOUT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOPHACEOUS GOUT; URATE DEPOSIT; WRIST; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; GOUT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URIC ACID; WRIST;

EID: 84873738992     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202452     Document Type: Letter

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