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Comment
. 2019 Jun;85(6):1378-1379.
doi: 10.1111/bcp.13798. Epub 2018 Nov 12.

Restricting maintenance allopurinol dose according to kidney function in patients with gout is inappropriate!

Lisa K Stamp  1 , Daniel F B Wright  2 , Nicola Dalbeth  3
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Comment

Restricting maintenance allopurinol dose according to kidney function in patients with gout is inappropriate!

Lisa K Stamp et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2019 Jun.
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Conflict of interest statement

L.K.S. reports grants from Health Research Council of New Zealand, during the conduct of the study, grants from Ardea Biosciences, grants from Health Research Council of New Zealand, and speaker from Amgen outside the submitted work; D.F.B.W. has nothing to disclose; and N.D. reports grants from Health Research Council of New Zealand, during the conduct of the study, grants from Health Research Council of New Zealand, grants and personal fees from AstraZeneca, grants and personal fees from Ardea Biosciences, grants from Amgen, personal fees from Takeda, personal fees from Horizon, and personal fees from Kowa, outside the submitted work.

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