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Abstract
Joint disorders that are characterized by accumulation of microcrystals in and around the joint including in the SYNOVIAL FLUID. They are classified according to the chemical nature of the crystals such as CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; basic CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; and monosodium urate (see URIC ACID).
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- Crystal Arthritis
- Crystalline Arthritis
- Crystalline Arthropathies
- Arthritides, Crystal
- Arthritides, Crystalline
- Arthritis, Crystal
- Arthritis, Crystalline
- Arthropathies, Crystal
- Arthropathies, Crystalline
- Arthropathy, Crystal
- Arthropathy, Crystalline
- Crystal Arthritides
- Crystal Arthropathy
- Crystalline Arthritides
- Crystalline Arthropathy
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2017
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- Chondrocalcinosis (1963-2016)
- Gout (1990-2016)
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- National Library of Medicine. Crystal Arthropathies. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000070657. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000070657
- Crystal Arthropathies. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_arthropathy
- Crystal Arthropathies. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5191403