Clinical significance of azathioprine metabolites for the maintenance of remission in autoimmune hepatitis

Hepatology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1401-1408

  Dhaliwal, Harpreet K ^a,b   Anderson, Rory ^a   Thornhill, Elizabeth L ^a   Schneider, Sarah ^a   McFarlane, Elaine ^b   Gleeson, Dermot ^b   Lennard, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; DRUG METABOLITE; METHYLMERCAPTOPURINE NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; PREDNISOLONE; THIOGUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; THIOPURINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CHOLESTASIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; AZATHIOPRINE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867226108     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.25760     Document Type: Article

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