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.
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7309a79c9ade4464a8aa26ade8d30d492025-02-03T05:57:47ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002013-01-01271394310.1155/2013/280860The Utility of Thiopurine Methyltransferase Enzyme Testing in Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseLaura Chisick0Curtis Oleschuk1Charles N Bernstein2Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba IBD Clinical and Research Centre, CanadaDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba IBD Clinical and Research Centre, CanadaOBJECTIVE: 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/280860 |
| spellingShingle | Laura Chisick Curtis Oleschuk Charles N Bernstein The Utility of Thiopurine Methyltransferase Enzyme Testing in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | The Utility of Thiopurine Methyltransferase Enzyme Testing in Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
| title_full | The Utility of Thiopurine Methyltransferase Enzyme Testing in Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
| title_fullStr | The Utility of Thiopurine Methyltransferase Enzyme Testing in Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Utility of Thiopurine Methyltransferase Enzyme Testing in Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
| title_short | The Utility of Thiopurine Methyltransferase Enzyme Testing in Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
| title_sort | utility of thiopurine methyltransferase enzyme testing in inflammatory bowel disease |
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