Desensitization to allopurinol in a patient with previous failed desensitization

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1180-1183

  Tanna, Saloni B ^a,b   Barnes, Julie F ^c   Seth, Shiv K ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Doan Hall ^*

Author keywords

Allopurinol; Desensitization; Gout

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIALYSIS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; GOUT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ALLOPURINOL; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; GOUT; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 0032702461     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.19043     Document Type: Article

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