Switching from Allopurinol to Febuxostat - A Comparison of The Rate of Renal Functional Decline in Patients With Moderate and Severe Chronic Kidney Disease

Masatora Yamasaki, Motoaki Miyazono, Maki Yoshihara, Atsuhiko Suenaga, Masato Mizuta, Makoto Fukuda, Shuichi Rikitake and Yuji Ikeda
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Yuji Ikeda: Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Japan

Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, 2018, vol. 10, issue 4, 8000-8003

Abstract: Allopurinol has been widely used as a urate-lowering agent in the treatment of hyperuricemia. However, patients with renal impairment require dose reduction according to their renal function...

Keywords: Biomedical Sciences; Biomedical Research; Technical Research; Febuxostat; Allopurinol; Hyperuricemia; Chronic Kidney Disease (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.10.001992

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