Monosodium urate burden assessed with dual-energy computed tomography predicts the risk of flares in gout: a 12-month observational study : MSU burden and risk of gout flare.

Tristan PascartAgathe GrandjeanBenoist CaponJulie LegrandNasser NamaneVincent DucoulombierMarguerite MotteMarie VandecandelaereHélène LuraschiCatherine GodartEric HouvenagelLaurène NorberciakJean-François Budzik

Published in: Arthritis research & therapy (2018)

This is the first study showing that the extent of MSU burden measured with DECT but not US is predictive of the risk of flares.

Keyphrases

computed tomography
dual energy
uric acid
image quality
positron emission tomography
contrast enhanced
metabolic syndrome
magnetic resonance