A 56-year-old man was admitted with complaints of low back pain and fever lasting
for about 2 months. He had a 10-year history of intermittent gouty arthritis in his
feet, which was being treated with colchicine, with the most recent attack occurring
12 months before.
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Publication history
Published online: May 03, 2018
Accepted:
April 11,
2018
Received in revised form:
April 11,
2018
Received:
March 30,
2018
Thomas J. Marrie, MD, Section EditorFootnotes
Funding: This work was supported by a fund from the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi, China (2010021035-4).
Conflict of Interest: None.
Authorship: All authors had access to the data and a role in writing the manuscript.
Ethics approval and consent: We have had the ethics approval and consent of the Shanxi Medical University ethics committee.
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