"Allopurinol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A XANTHINE OXIDASE inhibitor that decreases URIC ACID production. It also acts as an antimetabolite on some simpler organisms.
| Descriptor ID |
D000493
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.633.100.759.160
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Allopurinol" by people in Profiles.
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Effect of allopurinol on the glomerular filtration rate of children with chronic kidney disease. Pediatr Nephrol. 2018 08; 33(8):1405-1409.
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Safety of allopurinol compared with other urate-lowering drugs in patients with gout: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Rheumatol Int. 2015 Jul; 35(7):1127-37.
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Allopurinol enhances the blood pressure lowering effect of enalapril in children with hyperuricemic essential hypertension. J Nephrol. 2014 Feb; 27(1):51-6.
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Major histocompatibility complex class I-related chain A/B (MICA/B) expression in tumor tissue and serum of pancreatic cancer: role of uric acid accumulation in gemcitabine-induced MICA/B expression. BMC Cancer. 2011 May 23; 11:194.
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Comparison of histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate solution and University of Wisconsin solution in intestinal and multivisceral transplantation. Transplantation. 2008 Jul 27; 86(2):298-302.
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A randomized clinical trial of low dosage combination of pentamidine and allopurinol in the treatment of antimony unresponsive cases of visceral leishmaniasis. J Assoc Physicians India. 2001 Jun; 49:609-13.
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Effect of ursodeoxycholate in University of Wisconsin solution on long term preservation of rat livers. Eur J Surg. 2001 Jun; 167(6):438-42.