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*Pseudogout also known as CPPD = calcium pyrophosphate dehydrogenase. | *Pseudogout also known as CPPD = calcium pyrophosphate dehydrogenase. | ||
*Memory device: ''ABC+'' = ''a''ligned ''b''lue is ''c''alcium - positively birefringent. | *Memory device: ''ABC+'' = ''a''ligned ''b''lue is ''c''alcium & ''c''uboid - positively birefringent. | ||
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*[http://www.stpetes.org/html/pointofcare/Procedures/Blue%20(Addition).jpg Crystals - schematic (stpetes.org)] from [http://www.stpetes.org/html/pointofcare/Procedures/crystals.html Microscopic examination for crystals in synovial fluid (stpetes.org)].</ref> | |||
*[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/COW/COW197.html Blue rhomboid CPPD crystals (med.utah.edu)]. | |||
==Urine crystals== | ==Urine crystals== | ||