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Febuxostat: the evidence for its use in the treatment of hyperuricemia and gout
INTRODUCTION: Gout is a common and disabling cause of arthritis in middle-aged and elderly populations, with its main predisposing factor being hyperuricemia (serum urate > 6.8 mg/dL). Options for treatment of chronic gout until 2008 were allopurinol, a xanthine oxidase inhibitor, and the group o...
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Dove Medical Press
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2899777/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20694062 |