Severe life-threatening diarrhea caused by azathioprine but not by 6-mercaptopurine

Digestion

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 139-142

  Marbet, Urs ^a   Schmid, I ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Uri   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

6 Mercaptopurine; Azathioprine; Crohn's disease; Diarrhea; Inflammatory bowel disease; Side effects; Toxicity; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GLUTEN; IMIPENEM; MERCAPTOPURINE; MESALAZINE; METHOTREXATE; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECHALLENGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

6-MERCAPTOPURINE; ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035109153     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000051882     Document Type: Article

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