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-'''Calcium pyrophosphate deposition''', abbreviated '''CPPD''', is a benign condition of the [[joints]].
+'''Chondrocalcinosis''', also '''calcium pyrophosphate deposition''' and '''calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease''' (abbreviated '''CPPD'''),<ref>URL: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001458/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001458/]. Accessed on: 28 October 2011.</ref> is a benign condition of the [[joints]].
 It was previously known as '''pseudogout'''.<ref>URL: [http://www.rheumatology.org/practice/clinical/patients/diseases_and_conditions/pseudogout.asp http://www.rheumatology.org/practice/clinical/patients/diseases_and_conditions/pseudogout.asp]. Accessed on: 12 March 2014.</ref>
-It is also known as ''chondrocalcinosis'' and ''calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease''.<ref>URL: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001458/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001458/]. Accessed on: 28 October 2011.</ref>
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