Lack of change in urate deposition by dual-energy computed tomography among clinically stable patients with long-standing tophaceous gout: A prospective longitudinal study

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Rajan, Ashwin ^a   Aati, Opetaia ^a   Kalluru, Ramanamma ^a   Gamble, Gregory D ^a   Horne, Anne ^a   Doyle, Anthony J ^a   McQueen, Fiona M ^a   Dalbeth, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; COLCHICINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; URATE; ANTIGOUT AGENT; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; FOOT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; ALLOPURINOL; FEMALE; FOOT; GOUT; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URIC ACID;

EID: 84886069083     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar4343     Document Type: Article

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