Urate Lowering Therapy with Febuxostat in Daily Practice—A Multicentre, Open-Label, Prospective Observational Study

Introduction. Febuxostat, a novel xanthine oxidase inhibitor for the treatment of symptomatic hyperuricemia, showed superiority over allopurinol in the reduction of serum uric acid levels in pivotal studies. Whether this holds true the FORTE (febuxostat in the oral urate lowering treatment: effectiv...

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Main Authors: Anne-Kathrin Tausche, Monika Reuss-Borst, Ute Koch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:International Journal of Rheumatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/123105