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What Is The Difference Between Gout And Pseudogout?

What Is The Difference Between Gout And Pseudogout?

What Is The Difference Between Gout And Pseudogout?

Gout and pseudogout are the 2 most common crystal-induced arthropathies. Gout (see the image below) is caused by monosodium urate monohydrate crystals; pseudogout is caused by calcium pyrophosphate crystals and is more accurately termed calcium pyrophosphate disease.

Source: Medscape

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