Tendon involvement in the feet of patients with gout: A dual-energy CT study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1545-1548

  Dalbeth, Nicola ^a   Kalluru, Ramanamma ^a   Aati, Opetaia ^a   Horne, Anne ^a   Doyle, Anthony J ^a   McQueen, Fiona M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URATE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENTHESIS; FLEXOR TENDON; FOOT DISEASE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GOUT; HUMAN; LIGAMENT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIAL LIGAMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL STRESS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PERONEUS TENDON; PLANTAR FASCIA LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON DISEASE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE TENDON; TIBIALIS EXTENSOR TENDON; TOPHACEOUS GOUT; URATE CRYSTAL DEPOSITION;

GOUT; INFLAMMATION; TENDINITIS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ACHILLES TENDON; CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TENDINOPATHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URIC ACID;

EID: 84881476635     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202786     Document Type: Article

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