TPMT*26 (208F→L), a novel mutation detected in a Chinese

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 120-123

  Kham, Shirley Kow Yin ^a   Soh, Chin Kok ^a   Aw, Derrick Chen Wee ^b   Yeoh, Allen Eng Juh ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Azathiopurine related toxicity; Novel mutation; Thiopurine S methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; MERCAPTOPURINE; THIOPURINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PHARMACOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; ASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AZATHIOPRINE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 67650935283     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2009.03405.x     Document Type: Article

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