Frequency of the most prevalent Thiopurine S-Methyl Trasferase alleles in referrals to Shariati Hospital in Tehran
Background: Patients with low or intermediate TPMT enzyme activity are at increased risk to develop severe hematopoietic toxicity after taking standard doses of thiopuring medications. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of four allelic variants of the TPMT gene in an Iranian popula...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Bushehr University of Medical Sciences
2009-09-01
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Series: | Iranian South Medical Journal |
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Online Access: | http://ismj.bpums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-3-149&slc_lang=en&sid=1 |