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Cat red blood cell thiopurine S-methyltransferase: companion animal pharmacogenetics.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics - 1 Feb 2004
Salavaggione Oreste E, Yang Chen, Kidd Linda B, Thomae Bianca A, Pankratz V Shane, Trepanier Lauren A, Weinshilboum Richard M
Abstract excerpt
A common genetic polymorphism for thiopurine S-methyltransferase (TPMT) is a major factor responsible for individual variation in the toxicity and therapeutic efficacy of thiopurine drugs in humans. We set out to determine whether inheritance might also influence the level of TPMT activity in the...
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