Allopurinol overuse in asymptomatic hyperuricemia: A teachable moment

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1031-1032

  Carnovale, Carla ^a   Venegoni, Mauro ^b   Clementi, Emilio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Operative Unit of Territorial Health Services   (Italy)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; CREATININE; URIC ACID;

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIZZINESS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG USE; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLOPURINOL; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA;

EID: 84904125374     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.1427     Document Type: Short Survey

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