Medication errors with the use of allopurinol and colchicine: a retrospective study of a national, anonymous Internet-accessible error reporting system.

Ted R. Mikuls; Jeffrey R. Curtis; Jeroan J. Allison; Rodney W. Hicks; Kenneth G. Saag

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Medication errors with the use of allopurinol and colchicine: a retrospective study of a national, anonymous Internet-accessible error reporting system.

July 19, 2010

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