Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2005 Sep 17;331(7517):623-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7517.623.

Fatal allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome after treatment of asymptomatic hyperuricaemia

Alfonso Gutiérrez-Macías  1 , Eva Lizarralde-Palacios, Pedro Martínez-Odriozola, Felipe Miguel-De la Villa
Affiliations
Case Reports

Fatal allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome after treatment of asymptomatic hyperuricaemia

Alfonso Gutiérrez-Macías et al. BMJ. .
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Singer JZ, Wallace SL. The allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome: unnecessary morbidity and mortality. Arthritis Rheum 1986;29: 82-7. - PubMed
    1. Arellano F, Sacristán JA. Allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome: a review. Ann Pharmacother 1993;27: 337-43. - PubMed
    1. Kumar A, Edward N, White MI, Johnston PW, Catto GR. Allopurinol, erythema multiforme, and renal insufficiency. BMJ 1996;312: 173-4. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Wortmann RL. Gout and other disorders of purine metabolism. In: Fauci AS, Braunwald E, Isselbacher KJ, et al, eds. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 14th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998: 2158-65.
    1. Terkeltaub RA. Clinical practice: gout. N Engl J Med 2003;349: 1647-55. - PubMed

Publication types