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Susceptibility to 6-MP toxicity conferred by a NUDT15 variant in Japanese children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
British journal of haematology - 1 Oct 2015
Tanaka Yoichi, Kato Motohiro, Hasegawa Daisuke, Urayama Kevin Y, Nakadate Hisaya, Kondoh Kensuke, Nakamura Kozue, Koh Katsuyoshi, Komiyama Takako, Manabe Atsushi
Abstract excerpt
Genotyping of TPMT prior to 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) administration in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) patients has been integrated into clinical practice in some populations of European ancestry. However, the comparable rates of 6-MP myelotoxicity, but rarity of TPMT variants, in Asians suggest that major determinants have yet to be discovered in this population. We genotyped 92 Japanese paediatric ALL...
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