- calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystals
- microscopic crystals of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate occurring in the synovial fluid in calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystals
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