The 9 Muses are daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, Greek goddesses personifying the inspiration for the sciences and the arts.
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Gout Roundup

Gout and Pseudogout: Practice Essentials, Background, Pathophysiology Gout and pseudogout are the two most common crystal-induced arthropathies. Gout is caused by… emedicine.medscape.com Review: Gout: A Roadmap to Approaches for Improving…

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Imaging Gout

Gout Imaging Preferred examination Plain film radiography may be used to evaluate gout; however, radiographic… emedicine.medscape.com The confirmatory diagnostic test for gout is demonstrating monosodium urate crystals engulfed by white…

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Gout & Genes

The Evolutionary Fate of the Genes Encoding the Purine Catabolic Enzymes in Hominoids, Birds, and Reptiles  academic.oup.com Humans are the only mammalian species to develop spontaneous Gout. The other hominids…

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