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Optimizing thiopurine dosing based on TPMT and NUDT15 genotypes: It takes two to tango
4 Apr 2019
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The three thiopurines used in clinical practice are mercaptopurine and its prodrug azathioprine, as well as thioguanine. Although thiopurines were initially developed as chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of childhood leukemia, nowadays they are also prescribed in a wider spectrum of clinical use as immunosuppressors.1 More specifically, mercaptopurine and azathioprine are currently used in the treatment...
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