Azathioprine metabolite measurements are not useful for following treatment of autoimmune hepatitis in Alaska Native and other non-Caucasian people

Elizabeth D. Ferucci,Kathy J. Hurlburt,Marlyn J. Mayo,Stephen Livingston,Heike Deubner,James Gove,Julia Plotnik,Brian J. McMahon

Azathioprine metabolite measurements are not useful for following treatment of autoimmune hepatitis in Alaska Native and other non-Caucasian people

2011

Elizabeth D. Ferucci
Kathy J. Hurlburt
Marlyn J. Mayo
Stephen Livingston
Heike Deubner
James Gove
Julia Plotnik
Brian J. McMahon

BACKGROUND: In autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) patients treated with azathioprine, the utility of measuring thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) and azathioprine metabolites has been limited.

Keywords:

Autoimmune liver disease
Thiopurine methyltransferase
Diabetes mellitus
Azathioprine
Immunology
Metabolite
Autoimmune hepatitis
Methyltransferase
Medicine

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