Azathioprine treatment and thiopurine metabolism in rheumatic diseases - Introduction and first results of investigation

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 431, Issue , 1998, Pages 487-493

  Stolk, J N ^a   Boerbooms, A M Th ^a   De Abreu, R A ^a   Van De Putte, L B A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

6 MERCAPTOPURINE DERIVATIVE; ALLOPURINOL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DNA ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GLUTATHIONE; HLA ANTIGEN; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 2; MERCAPTOPURINE; NUCLEOTIDE; PREDNISONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; THIOPURINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; TIOGUANINE; URIC ACID; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

5'-NUCLEOTIDASE; 6-MERCAPTOPURINE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AZATHIOPRINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; METHYLTRANSFERASES; REFERENCE VALUES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

EID: 0031837152     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5381-6_96     Document Type: Article

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