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Preemptive NUDT15 genotyping: redefining the management of patients with thiopurine-induced toxicity.
Drug metabolism and personalized therapy - 28 Mar 2018
Shah Swarup A V, Paradkar Minal U, Desai Devendra C, Ashavaid Tester F
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BACKGROUND: Thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) gene variants have achieved limited success in predicting the outcome of thiopurine therapy, which shows wide inter-individual variations. The literature indicates a strong association between the NUDT15 gene variant and thiopurine-induced toxicity in Asian patients. The present study intends to explore the role of the NUDT15 variant (C415T) in Indian patients on...
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