Uric acid lowering effect of oxipurinol sodium in hyperuricemic patients - Therapeutic equivalence to allopurinol

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 498-501

  Walter Sack, Ingeborg ^a   De Vries, Jan Xaver ^a   Ernst, Brix ^b   Frei, Martin ^c   Kolb, Siegbert ^b   Kosmowski, Justine ^c   Priebe, Ursula ^d   Schröder, Hans Egbert ^e   Slotty, Claus ^f   Voss, Andreas ^a   Weber, Adalbert ^b   Wegscheider, Karl ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Private Practice ^*

^c Private Practice   (Germany)

^d Private Neurological Practice   (United States)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f Private Practice   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allopurinol; Hyperuricemic patients; Oxipurinol sodium; Therapeutic equivalence; Uric acid lowering effect

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; OXIPURINOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOPURINOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYPURINOL; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY; URIC ACID;

EID: 0029932825     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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