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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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Autores principales: Gaffo, Angelo L, Saag, Kenneth G
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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