Monosodium urate crystals dissolve and are eliminated from joints and soft tissues as serum uric acid levels drop below its saturating point (400 μmol/l). Time to crystal clearance relates to ...

Various forms of crystals can result in different bladder stones, including magnesium ammonium phosphate (struvite), calcium oxalate, ammonium urate or uric acid, cysteine, calcium phosphate ...

Gout is a type of inflammatory arthritis that develops when high uric acid levels in the body form urate crystals in joints ...

A needle aspiration of a subcutaneous tophus located on the palmar aspect of the left forefinger allowed demonstration of needle-shaped, negatively birefringent monosodium urate (MSU) crystals by ...

As demonstrated in a novel mouse model, the mouse version of the drug (mIL-1 Trap) both prevented and relieved ankle joint synovitis and hyperalgesia induced by monosodium urate (MSU) crystals.