The Utility of Thiopurine Methyltransferase Enzyme Testing in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

OBJECTIVE: To assess the levels of red blood cell thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) in subjects with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and to determine how these levels impacted thiopurine dosing and leukopenia over the first six months of therapy.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Laura Chisick, Curtis Oleschuk, Charles N Bernstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/280860
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!