Rasburicase for tophaceus gout treatment;Rasburicase no tratamento de gota tofácea

Acta Reumatologica Portuguesa

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 551-554

  Ribeiro, Ana ^a   Bogas, Mónica ^a   Costa, José ^a   Costa, Lúcia ^a   Araújo, Domingos ^b  

^a Interna Complementar de Reumatologia ^*  (Portugal)

^b Unidade Local de Saude do Alto Minho   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Allopurinol allergy; Rasburicase; Tophaceus gout

Indexed keywords

ANTIGOUT AGENT; RASBURICASE; URATE OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GOUT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED;

FEMALE; GOUT; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; URATE OXIDASE;

EID: 73349099741     PISSN: 0303464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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