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Steady-state of azathioprine during initiation treatment of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.
Journal of Crohn's & colitis - 1 Dec 2010
Pozler O, Chládek J, Malý J, Hroch M, Dědek P, Beránek M, Krásničanová P
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Azathioprine (AZA) has a slow onset of action in treatment of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It is anticipated, that this delay correlates to the kinetics of 6-thioguanine nucleotides (6-TGN) accumulation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the time to steady state of 6-TGN concentration in red blood cells. METHODS: The inclusion criteria were: a) age 0-19 years b) IBD...
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