Extent and distribution of CPP deposits in patients affected by calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease: An ultrasonographic study

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1836-1839

  Filippou, Georgios ^a   Filippucci, Emilio ^b   Tardella, Marika ^b   Bertoldi, Ilaria ^a   Carlo, Marco Di ^b   Adinolfi, Antonella ^a   Grassi, Walter ^b   Frediani, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE DIHYDRATE DEPOSITION DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ENTHESIS; FASCIA; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FINGER; HAND; HUMAN; HYALINE CARTILAGE; ITALY; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PLANTAR FASCIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; WRIST;

ARTHRITIS; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ACHILLES TENDON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHONDROCALCINOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; JOINTS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 84885187249     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202748     Document Type: Article

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