Should we test TPMT enzyme levels before starting azathioprine?

Richard, Vijay Samuel

Should we test TPMT enzyme levels before starting azathioprine? [electronic resource] - Hematology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Aug 2007 - 359-60 p. digital

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article

1607-8454

10.1080/10245330701283959 doi


Aged
Arthritis, Rheumatoid--drug therapy
Azathioprine--adverse effects
Bone Marrow Diseases--chemically induced
Diagnostic Tests, Routine--economics
Female
Homozygote
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents--adverse effects
Inactivation, Metabolic
Mercaptopurine--pharmacokinetics
Methylation
Methyltransferases--blood
Neutropenia--chemically induced
Prodrugs--adverse effects
Sepsis--etiology
United Kingdom