Uric Acid Control in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease in a Southeastern US Urban Cohort

Abstract

In patients with advanced CKD, conventional dosing recommendations for allopurinol are unlikely to suffice in reaching target serum UA goals. In our cohort, larger-than-usual allopurinol doses were well tolerated.

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