The diagnostic performance of musculoskeletal ultrasound in gout: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Qingyu Zhang; Fuqiang Gao; Wei Sun; Jinhui Ma; Liming Cheng; Zirong Li

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0199672

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The diagnostic performance of musculoskeletal ultrasound in gout: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Qingyu Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Qingyu Zhang, Fuqiang Gao

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, China-Japan Friendship Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
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Fuqiang Gao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Qingyu Zhang, Fuqiang Gao

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Osteonecrosis and Joint-preserving & Reconstruction, Orthopaedic Department, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
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Wei Sun ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: sun887@163.com

Affiliation Graduate School of Peking Union Medical, Centre for Osteonecrosis and Joint-preserving & Reconstruction, Orthopaedic Department, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9647-2023

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Jinhui Ma,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Osteonecrosis and Joint-preserving & Reconstruction, Orthopaedic Department, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
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Liming Cheng,

Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Beijing Key Laboratory of Arthritic and Rheumatic Diseases, China-Japan Friendship Institute of Clinical Medicine, Beijing, China
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Zirong Li

Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Graduate School of Peking Union Medical, Centre for Osteonecrosis and Joint-preserving & Reconstruction, Orthopaedic Department, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
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The diagnostic performance of musculoskeletal ultrasound in gout: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Qingyu Zhang,
Fuqiang Gao,
Wei Sun,
Jinhui Ma,
Liming Cheng,
Zirong Li

Published: July 6, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199672

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