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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...
Autores principales: | Singh, Jasvinder A., Yu, Shaohua |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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