Features of urate deposition in patients with gouty arthritis of the foot using dual-energy computed tomography

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 560-567

  Sun, Ying ^a   Ma, Lili ^a   Zhou, Yi ^a   Chen, Huiyong ^a   Ding, Yuqin ^a   Zhou, Jianjun ^a   Wei, Lei ^a   Zou, Hejian ^b   Jiang, Lindi ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute attack; Dual energy CT; Gouty arthritis; Urate deposits

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; BENZBROMARONE; COLCHICINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; URATE; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISORDERS OF PURINE AND PYRIMIDINE METABOLISM; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS MUSCLE; FLEXOR TENDON; GOUT; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TALUS; TIBIA; URATE DEPOSITION; CALCANEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, GOUTY; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URIC ACID;

EID: 84931005140     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1756-185X.12194     Document Type: Article

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