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Allopurinol and the risk of stroke in older adults receiving medicare

BACKGROUND: Previous studies of allopurinol and stroke risk have provided contradictory findings, ranging from a protective effect to an increased risk. Our objective was to assess whether allopurinol use is associated with the risk of stroke in the elderly. METHODS: We used the 5 % random sample of...

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Autores principales: Singh, Jasvinder A., Yu, Shaohua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5015204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27604082
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-016-0692-2