Cost‐Effectiveness Analysis of HLA–B5801 Genotyping in the Treatment of Gout Patients With Chronic Renal Insufficiency in Korea

Dong‐Jin Park, Ji‐Hyoun Kang, Jeong‐Won Lee, Kyung‐Eun Lee, Lihui Wen, Tae‐Jong Kim, Yong‐Wook Park, Sung‐Hwan Park, Shin‐Seok Lee

Arthritis Care & Research · 2014 · 64 citations · 29 references

Abstract

Our model suggests that gout treatment informed by HLA-B5801 genotyping is less costly and more effective than treatment without genotyping, and HLA-B5801 genotyping could considerably reduce the occurrence of allopurinol-induced SCARs and related deaths.

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