Critical revision of the medical treatment of gout in Brazil

ABSTRACT Gout is considered the most common form of inflammatory arthritis in men over 40 years. The authors present a brief review of the current treatment of gout and discuss the existing pharmacological limitations in Brazil for the treatment of this disease. Although allopurinol is still the mai...

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Main Authors: Valderilio Feijó Azevedo, Maicon Piana Lopes, Nathan Marostica Catholino, Eduardo dos Santos Paiva, Vitor Andrei Araújo, Geraldo da Rocha Castelar Pinheiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0482-50042017000400346&lng=en&tlng=en