Rhomboid, birefringent calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystals are seen under polarizing light microscopy in this sample of synovial fluid that was obtained from a patient with acute CPP crystal ...

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. In the present work, we determine a crystal structure of FPPS in complex with FPP. Intriguingly, the product is bound not to the ...

Many of us have had the experience of looking at a nutrition label and hardly even recognizing the ingredients. You might have seen one such ingredient popping up frequently — sodium acid ...

In a first-of-its-kind genome-wide association study (GWAS) researchers have discovered two genes, RNF144B and ENPP1, that cause calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD) disease in Americans of ...

Recent increases in antibiotic-resistant pathogenic organisms such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant Enterococci and multi-drug-resistant Gram-negative ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Utilization of pyrophosphate imaging to identify patients with cardiac amyloidosis has increased, although ...

Gout crystals of different substances can accumulate in and around the joints, leading to inflammation and pain. A buildup of uric acid crystals leads to gout, whereas calcium pyrophosphate crystals ...

Extra-articular structures can also be affected, leading to acute inflammatory tendinitis. Crowned dens syndrome comprises 5% of CPPD disease presentations and can mimic bacterial meningitis, ...