Return to the Basics: Examination for Birefringence and Its Direction Is Critical to Diagnosis of Gout

In the spirit of initiating a new journal for Rheumato, it is pertinent to review the attention to the basics that first established the field as an evidence-based approach to recognition and treatment of arthritis and multisystem diseases and the reputation of its disciples as resources for solving diagnostic dilemmas [...]

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