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6-tioguanine monitoring in steroid-dependent patients with inflammatory bowel diseases receiving azathioprine.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 1 Apr 2005
Roblin X, Serre-Debeauvais F, Phelip J-M, Faucheron J-L, Hardy G, Chartier A, Helluwaert F, Bessard G, Bonaz B
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BACKGROUND: 6-Thioguanine (6-tioguanine) nucleotides are the active metabolites of azathioprine. AIM: The aim of the study was to evaluate the rate of clinical remission without steroids in steroid-dependent Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis patients receiving azathioprine, the medium- and l...
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