AN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DOCTOR JOSEPH HERSEY PRATT
Authors: ALFRED O. LUDWIG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Article1 January 1938AN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DOCTOR JOSEPH HERSEY PRATTA RARE MANIFESTATION OF GOUT; WIDESPREAD ANKYLOSIS SIMULATING RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS*ALFRED O. LUDWIG, GRANVILLE A. BENNETT, WALTER BAUER, F.A.C.P.ALFRED O. LUDWIG, GRANVILLE A. BENNETT, WALTER BAUER, F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-7-1248 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAnkylosis may occur in gout. Such ankylosis results because of monosodium urate deposits in the articular tissues. The presence or absence of ankylosis in gout is dependent upon the extent of the urate deposition, its location and the reaction of tissues involved. Ankylosis in gout, however, is rare. 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Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Received for publication August 16, 1937.This is publication No. 23 of the Robert W. Lovett Memorial for the study of crippling disease, Harvard Medical School.From the Medical Clinic and the Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 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