pyrophosphate arthropathy

OBJECTIVE The main aim of the present study was to determine the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of ultrasonography (US) in… (More)

OBJECTIVES The intra-articular pressure (IAP) rises significantly after isometric quadriceps contraction in patients with… (More)

C3 degradation products (C3dg/d) were estimated in 288 synovial fluid (SF) samples (rheumatoid arthritis (RA) 93, osteoarthritis… (More)

X-rays of the shoulder, hand, and knee joints from 30 patients with pyrophosphate arthropathy (PA) and 30 age and sex matched… (More)

Five elderly patients with chronic pyrophosphate arthropathy developed stress fractures of the tibia. All patients had deformed… (More)

105 consecutive patients with pyrophosphate arthropathy have been studied. Disease associations and metabolic abnormalities were… (More)

The association of hypophosphatasia and pyrophosphate arthropathy in an adult patient has been described on 1 previous occasion… (More)

A patient with pyrophosphate arthropathy is reported who had no calcifications on joint radiographs, and no crystals were found… (More)

Little is known about how calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CaPPD) crystals form in vivo and give rise to chondrocalcinosis or… (More)

Pyrophosphate arthropathy has a wide spectrum of clinical symptoms and is a common cause of synovitis in the elderly. The acute… (More)