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SUBMITTER: Wickrematilake GW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6190932 | biostudies-other | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Wickrematilake Geetha Wickrematilake GW
Archives of rheumatology 20161208 1
Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPDD) is a type of arthritis caused by the deposition of calcium pyrophosphate crystals, and may present as either acute or chronic arthritis. Development of CPPD crystal deposition disease in young people may be associated with metabolic diseases such as hemochromatosis, hyperparathyroidism, hypomagnesemia, Wilson's disease, hypothyroidism, gout, acromegaly, and X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets. Therefore, investigations for a predisposing metabolic co ...[more]