Seasonal variations for newly prescribed urate-lowering drugs for asymptomatic hyperuricemia and gout in Japan

• Main Authors: Masafumi Kurajoh (Author), Seigo Akari (Author), Takashi Nakamura (Author), Yasutaka Ihara (Author), Takumi Imai (Author), Tomoaki Morioka (Author), Masanori Emoto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Urate-lowering drugs (ULDs) have been approved for treatment of asymptomatic hyperuricemia and gout in Japan. Although serum urate levels and rates of gout onset are known to have seasonal variations, no survey results regarding the seasonality of ULD prescriptions for asymptomatic hyper...