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.

March 8, 2006

Mikuls TR, Curtis JR, Allison JJ, et al. J Rheumatol. 2006;33(3):562-6.

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