Uric acid lowering treatment with benzbromarone in patients with heart failure: a double-blind placebo-controlled cross-over preliminary study. Authors:
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Affiliations: 1 Center for Clinical Residency Program, Tottori University Hospital, Yonago Japan 2 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan 3 Department of Cardiology, San-in Rosai Hospital, Yonago, Japan 4 Kinugawa Clinic, Osaka, Japan 5 Department of Genetic Medicine and Regenerative Therapeutics, Tottori University Graduate School of Medicine, Yonago, Japan 6 Division of Applied Cachexia Research, Dept. of Cardiology, Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany 7 Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Charite Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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Letter by George regarding article, "Uric acid-lowering treatment with benzbromarone in patients with heart failure: a double-blind placebo-controlled cross-over preliminary study".
Letter by George Regarding Article, “Uric Acid-Lowering Treatment With Benzbromarone in Patients With Heart Failure: A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Cross-Over Preliminary Study” To the Editor: I read with interest the study by Ogino et al1 about the effects of the uricosuric agent benzobromarone in patients with chronic heart failure. It is a well thought out study that further adds to the c...
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تاریخ انتشار 2009