Febuxostat hypersensitivity

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 659-

  Abeles, Aryeh M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; COLCHICINE; CREATININE; FEBUXOSTAT; PREDNISONE; URIC ACID;

AGED; ARTHROCENTESIS; CASE REPORT; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA; FACE EDEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GOUT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RISK FACTOR; TONGUE DISEASE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GOUT; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HUMANS; PRURITUS; THIAZOLES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84857820788     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.111161     Document Type: Letter

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