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Influence of variants in folate metabolism genes on 6-mercaptopurine induced toxicity during treatment for childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Journal of B.U.ON. : official journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology - 1 Jan 2000
Milosevic Goran, Kotur Nikola, Lazic Jelena, Krstovski Nada, Stankovic Biljana, Zukic Branka, Janic Dragana, Jurisic Vladimir, Pavlovic Sonja, Dokmanovic Lidija
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To analyze influence of variants in TYMS, MTHFR, SLC19A1 and DHFR genes on 6-mercaptopurine (MP) induced toxicity during maintenance phase of treatment for childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). METHODS: One-hundred twenty-seven children with ALL that received maintenance therapy were involved in this study. All patients were treated according to Berlin-Frankfurt-Muenster (BFM) based protocols....
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