Trends in the use of puberty blockers among transgender children in the United States
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Wang P, Smith SE, Garg R, Lu F, Wohlfahrt A, Campos A, Vanni K, Yu Z, Solomon DH, Kim SC. Identification of monosodium urate crystal deposits in patients with asymptomatic hyperuricemia using dual-energy CT. RMD Open 2018, 4: e000593. PMID: 29556417, PMCID: PMC5856918, DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2017-000593.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMSU crystal depositsAsymptomatic hyperuricemiaMonosodium urate crystal depositsUrate crystal depositsSUA levelsCrystal depositsNon-interventional cross-sectional studyDECT scansOlder ageSerum uric acid levelsUnivariable logistic regression analysisMean SUA levelCent of patientsUric acid levelsCross-sectional studyMean total volumeLogistic regression analysisDual-energy CT scansMetabolic syndromePatient factorsUnivariable analysisMean ageClinical significanceCT scanPatients