PYROPHOSPHATE ARTHROPATHY IS A RHEUMATOLOGICAL ICEBERG SYNDROME: TIME TO REASSESS ITS IMPORTANCE IN JOINT DISEASES

The paper provides the present views of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and classification of pyrophosphate arthropathy (PPA). It describes a morphological study of the structure of the knee joint after total prosthetics in a patient diagnosed as having osteoarthrosis. Reasons for low det...

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Main Authors: Viktoria Georgiyevna Barskova, A E Ilyina, L A Semenova, S G Radenska-Lopovok, M A Osipyants, A V Smirnov, M A Makarov
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: IMA-PRESS LLC 2010-06-01
Series:Современная ревматология
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Online Access:http://mrj.ima-press.net/index.php/mrj/article/view/280