Thiopurine-S-methyltransferase genotype and the response to azathioprine in inflammatory bowel disease

Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Oct 1;26(7):1083-4; author reply 1084-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2007.03417.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Azathioprine / administration & dosage
  • Azathioprine / adverse effects*
  • Biomarkers / analysis
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / administration & dosage
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / adverse effects*
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Methyltransferases / genetics*

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Methyltransferases
  • thiopurine methyltransferase
  • Azathioprine