Frequency of serum creatinine monitoring during allopurinol therapy in ambulatory patients.

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Published in Ann Pharmacother on February 14, 2006

Authors

Marsha A Raebel1, David L McClure, Steven R Simon, K Arnold Chan, Adrianne C Feldstein, Margaret J Gunter, Jennifer Elston Lafata, Leslie Harrold, Winnie W Nelson, Richard Platt

Author Affiliations

1: Kaiser Permanente of Colorado Clinical Research Unit and School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado at Denver, 80237, USA. Marsha.A.Raebel@kp.org

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