EVERYONE'S heard of gout, commonly associated with over-indulgent squires quaffing too much port. But pseudogout?
In fact this oddly named condition is quite similar to its more well-known cousin but it tends to affect older women rather than men and the causes are very different.
Leading medical research charity the Arthritis Research Campaign has produced a brand new booklet on the condition. Copies of Pseudogout and Calcium Crystal Diseases are available, free of charge, from the address below:
NINA NELSON,
Arthritis Research Campaign,
St Mary's Gate, Chesterfield,
Derbyshire S41 7TD.
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