Measurements of 6-thioguanine nucleotide levels with TPMT and NUDT15 genotyping in patients with Crohn's disease.

The association between the 6-thioguanine nucleotide (6-TGN) level and clinical remission in Crohn's disease (CD) remains controversial. Thiopurine-induced leukopenia is a life-threatening complication of CD in Asians that was recently shown to strongly correlate with NUDT15 genetic variants. T...

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Main Authors: Ji Hyeon Lee, Tae Jun Kim, Eun Ran Kim, Sung Noh Hong, Dong Kyung Chang, Li-Hwa Choi, Hye In Woo, Soo-Youn Lee, Young-Ho Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5716599?pdf=render