Urate-lowering therapy for gout and asymptomatic hyperuricemia in the pediatric population: a cross-sectional study of a Japanese health insurance database

• Auteurs principaux: Masataka Honda (Auteur), Hideki Horiuchi (Auteur), Tomoko Torii (Auteur), Akihiro Nakajima (Auteur), Takeshi Iijima (Auteur), Hiroshi Murano (Auteur), Hisashi Yamanaka (Auteur), Shuichi Ito (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: BMC, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Abstract Background Our previous research showed that uric acid lowering therapy (ULT) for gout and hyperuricemia is being prescribed for pediatric patients even though these drugs have not been approved for use in children. However, the actual clinical situation has not been clearly elucidated. In...