Use of 6-mercaptopurine in patients with inflammatory bowel disease previously intolerant of azathioprine

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1810-1813

  Bowen, D G ^a   Selby, W S ^a  

^a Suite 304   (Australia)

Author keywords

6 mercaptopurine; Azathioprine; H. pylori; Immunosuppressive agents; Inflammatory bowel disease

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; MERCAPTOPURINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VOMITING;

6-MERCAPTOPURINE; ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0033794050     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005569808947     Document Type: Article

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