Febuxostat for Hyperuricemia in Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease

Febuxostat is a nonpurine xanthine oxidase (XO) inhibitor, which recently received marketing approval. However, information regarding the experience with this agent among advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients is limited. In the current study, we investigated the effects of oral febuxostat i...

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Main Authors: Tetsu Akimoto, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Chiharu Ito, Osamu Iimura, Sadao Tsunematsu, Yuko Watanabe, Eiji Kusano, Daisuke Nagata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AboutScience Srl 2014-01-01
Series:Drug Target Insights
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/DTI.S16524