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Are allopurinol dose and duration of use nephroprotective in the elderly? A Medicare claims study of allopurinol use and incident renal failure

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  • Jasvinder A Singh Medicine Service, Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, USA Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine School of Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, USA Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Shaohua Yu Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine School of Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Jasvinder A Singh, University of Alabama, Faculty Office Tower 805B, 510 20th Street S, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA: Jasvinder.md{at}gmail.com
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Singh JA, Yu S
Are allopurinol dose and duration of use nephroprotective in the elderly? A Medicare claims study of allopurinol use and incident renal failure
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2017;76:133-139.

Publication history

  • Received December 17, 2015
  • Revised April 17, 2016
  • Accepted April 24, 2016
  • First published June 13, 2016.
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September 13, 2020

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