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mccarty-hollander · nuki-simkin-2006-history-of-gout
- Citation
- nuki-simkin-2006-history-of-gout
- Claim ID
- mccarty-hollander
- Assertion
- McCarty and Hollander showed that crystals in gouty joint fluid were monosodium urate and introduced compensated polarized light microscopy to identify them.
- Quote
a seminal paper by McCarty and Hollander, which showed that crystals from the synovial fluid of patients with gout were composed of monosodium urate. Their classic report described the use of compensated polarized light microscopy to examine joint fluid for crystals
- Quote language
- en
- Locator
- section: Uric acid as a factor in the causation of gout
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