6-Thioguanine treatment in inflammatory bowel disease: A critical appraisal by a European 6-TG working party

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Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-31

  De Boer, N K H ^a   Reinisch, W ^b   Teml, A ^b   Van Bodegraven, A A ^a   Schwab, M ^c   Lukas, M ^d   Ochsenkuhn T ^e   Petritsch, W ^f   Knoflach, P ^g   Almer, S ^h   Van Der Merwe, S W ⁱ   Herrlinger, K R ^j   Seiderer, J ^e   Vogelsang, H ^b   Mulder, C J J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c DR MARGARETE FISCHER BOSCH INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY   (Germany)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^g General Hospital of the Barmherzigen Schwestern   (Austria)

^h LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ Netcare Unitas Hospital   (South Africa)

^j ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

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Author keywords

6 Thioguanine; Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis; Inflammatory bowel disease; Thiopurine

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; INFLIXIMAB; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; TIOGUANINE;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERITIS; EUROPE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TOXICITY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPLENOMEGALY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CONGRESSES; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; LIVER DISEASES; THIOGUANINE;

EID: 33744490627     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091662     Document Type: Conference Paper

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