In a first-of-its-kind genome-wide association study (GWAS) researchers have discovered two genes, RNF144B and ENPP1, that ...

Researchers have discovered two genes, RNF144B and ENPP1, that cause calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD) disease in Americans of European and African descent. This crystalline arthritis is caused ...

一项前所未有的全基因组关联研究（Genome-Wide Association Study, GWAS）中，研究人员发现了两个基因，RNF144B和ENPP1，它们会导致欧美和非洲裔美国人患上焦磷酸钙沉积（Calcium Pyrophosphate ...

The first systematic genome-wide association study for pseudogout has identified two genes strongly associated with disease ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the proportion of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystals that appear as non-birefringent when observed under the polarised light microscope. METHODS Two observers ...

Department of Clinical Medicine and Immunological Sciences, Section of Rheumatology, University of Siena, Policlinico le Scotte, viale Bracci 53100 Siena, Italy Objective: To investigate by high ...

Objective To test whether the double contour (DC) sign has a different dynamic behaviour in gout and calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD) and whether the dynamic assessment of the DC sign increases ...

The potential to prevent and treat a common type of inflammatory arthritis has been advanced thanks to a University of Otago ...

Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, United States ...