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Joint aspiration and injection and synovial fluid analysis
Best Practice & Research: Clinical Rheumatology, 06/02/09

Courtney P et al. - The gross appearance of SF can provide useful diagnostic information in terms of the degree of joint inflammation and presence of haemarthrosis. Microbiological studies of SF are the key to the confirmation of infectious conditions. Increasing joint inflammation is associated with increased SF volume, reduced viscosity, increasing turbidity and cell count, and increasing ratio of polymorphonuclear: mononuclear cells, but such changes are non-specific and must be interpreted in the clinical setting. However, detection of SF monosodium urate and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals, even from un-inflamed joints during intercritical periods, allow a precise diagnosis of gout and of calcium pyrophosphate crystal-related arthritis.

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Subclinical synovitis in primary Sjogren's syndrome: An ultrasonographic study
Rheumatology, 03/19/10

Repair in osteonecrosis of the femoral head: MR imaging features at long-term follow-up
Clinical Rheumatology, 03/19/10

New low-field extremity MRI, compacTscan: comparison with whole-body 1.5 T conventional MRI
Modern Rheumatology, 03/19/10

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Pegloticase for chronic gout
Cochrane Reviews, 03/19/10

Gout, Hyperuricemia, and Parkinson’s Disease: A Protective Effect
Current Rheumatology Reports, 03/19/10

Update on Biology: Uric Acid and the Activation of Immune and Inflammatory Cells
Current Rheumatology Reports, 03/18/10

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Pediatric Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis Mimicking a Septic Hip
Journal of Clinical Rheumatology (JCR), 03/16/10

Osteomyelitis of the scapula with secondary septic arthritis of the shoulder joint
Singapore Medical Journal, 03/12/10

Mycobacterium bovis Discitis as a Complication of Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Therapy
Journal of Clinical Rheumatology (JCR), 03/10/10

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Development of a self-administered early inflammatory arthritis detection tool
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 03/19/10

Serum calprotectin as a marker for disease activity and severity in adult-onset Still's disease
Journal of Rheumatology, 03/17/10

Effectiveness of adalimumab in treating patients with ankylosing spondylitis associated with enthesitis and peripheral arthritis
Arthritis Research & Therapy, 03/17/10

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