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6-thioguanine treatment in inflammatory bowel disease: A critical appraisal by a European 6-TG working party [PDF]

, 2006
Recently, the suggestion to use 6-thioguanine (6-TG) as an alternative thiopurine in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been discarded due to reports about possible (hepato) toxicity. During meetings arranged in Vienna and Prague in 2004,
Seiderer, J., Merwe, S. W. van der, Ochsenkühn, Thomas, Almer, S., Petritsch, W, Mulder, C. J. J, Seiderer, J, Vogelsang, H., Mulder, CJJ, Teml, A, Van Bodegraven, A. A., Teml, A., Herrlinger, K. R., Schwab, M., de Boer, NKH, Knoflach, P, van der Merwe, SW, Schwab, M, Reinisch, W., Ochsenkuhn, T, Reinisch, W, Knoflach, P., Petritsch, W., De Boer, N. K.H., De Boer, N. K. H, Van Der Merwe, S. W., Almer, Sven,, Vogelsang, H, Lukas, M., Ochsenkühn, T., van Bodegraven, AA, Lukas, M, Herrlinger, KR, Mulder, C. J.J., Bodegraven, A. A. van   +34 more
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Acute-onset Alopecia in a Child: A Surrogate Marker of Azathioprine-induced Myelotoxicity

Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology, 2023
Azathioprine (AZA) is a widely used immunosuppressive which when not monitored cautiously can lead to life-threatening complications like myelotoxicity. In resource-limited countries, acute hair loss starting as early as 2 weeks after drug initiation can
Vibhu Mendiratta, Akanksha Agarwal, Smita Singh   +2 more
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Efficacy and Safety of Rituximab in Immunobullous Diseases: A Retrospective Study from a Tertiary Care Centre of Nepal [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020
Introduction: Rituximab is effective and safe treatment of immunobullous disorders. There are variations in doses of drugs used in different studies and uncertainties on when to use it along with use of adjuvant therapies. Efficacy and safety of this
Sudip Parajuli, Jyoti Vidhan, Dinesh Binod Pokhrel, Upama Paudel   +3 more
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Azathioprine shock [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1986
Summary Azathioprine has been used as an immunosuppressant for over 20 years in cancer chemotherapy, organ transplantation and diseases with confirmed or suspected immune mechanisms. A hypersensitivity reaction manifesting as fever, rash, myalgia and a neutrophil leucocytosis occurring about 2 weeks after exposure is well documented and ...
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Use of thiopurines in inflammatory bowel disease: an update [PDF]

Intestinal Research, 2022
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), once considered a disease of the Western hemisphere, has emerged as a global disease. As the disease prevalence is on a steady rise, management of IBD has come under the spotlight.
Arshdeep Singh, Ramit Mahajan, Saurabh Kedia, Amit Kumar Dutta, Abhinav Anand, Charles N. Bernstein, Devendra Desai, C. Ganesh Pai, Govind Makharia, Harsh Vardhan Tevethia, Joyce WY Mak, Kirandeep Kaur, Kiran Peddi, Mukesh Kumar Ranjan, Perttu Arkkila, Rakesh Kochhar, Rupa Banerjee, Saroj Kant Sinha, Siew Chien Ng, Stephen Hanauer, Suhang Verma, Usha Dutta, Vandana Midha, Varun Mehta, Vineet Ahuja, Ajit Sood   +25 more
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Association Between Genetic Polymorphisms of Metabolic Enzymes and Azathioprine-Induced Myelosuppression in 1,419 Chinese Patients: A Retrospective Study

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021
The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between genetic polymorphisms of azathioprine-metabolizing enzymes and adverse reactions of myelosuppression. To this end, a retrospective analysis was performed on 1,419 Chinese patients involving
Zhao-Yang Chen, Yang-Hui Zhu, Ling-Yan Zhou, Wei-Qiao Shi, Zhou Qin, Bin Wu, Yu Yan, Yu-Wen Pei, Ning-Ning Chao, Rui Zhang, Mi-Ye Wang, Ze-Hao Su, Xiao-Jun Lu, Zhi-Yao He, Zhi-Yao He, Ting Xu, Ting Xu   +16 more
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Optical Coherence Tomography Reveals Longitudinal Changes in Retinal Damage Under Different Treatments for Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder

Frontiers in Neurology, 2021
Background: Progressive retinal neuroaxonal damage after acute optic neuritis may occur in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). However, it is unclear if treatments used to prevent attacks influence neurodegeneration.Objectives: We aimed to ...
Pei Zeng, Chen Du, Rui Zhang, Dongmei Jia, Feng Jiang, Moli Fan, Chao Zhang   +6 more
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Immunoglobulin G4-Hepatopathy with Acute Hepatitis-Like Onset and Marked Centrilobular Necrosis: Clinicopathologically Unique Pattern of Hepatic Injury Related to Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2021
A 69-year-old man presented with jaundice and appetite loss. Blood analyses showed elevated aminotransferase levels, hyperbilirubinemia, positivity for antinuclear antibody, elevated immunoglobulin (Ig) G4 levels, and negativity for hepatitis virus ...
Kaori Mukai, Tsutomu Nishida, Shiro Adachi, Kengo Matsumoto, Naoto Osugi, Aya Sugimoto, Dai Nakamatsu, Masashi Yamamoto, Koji Fukui, Hiromi Tamura, Masami Inada   +10 more
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Azathioprine-Induced Acute Submandibular Sialadenitis in a Crohn’s Disease Patient

GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology, 2020
Introduction: Azathioprine (AZA) is a widely used immunosuppressive drug in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The occurrence of adverse effects (AEs) is a major downside in the use of this drug, leading to treatment withdrawal in a variable proportion of
Joana Inês Alves da Silva, Cidalina Caetano, Isabel Pedroto   +2 more
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Hard-To-Treat Idiopathic Refractory Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia with Reticulocytopenia

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020
Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia (AIHA) is an uncommon condition characterized by increased destruction of erythrocytes associated with reticulocytosis in the great majority of cases.
Marcelo Aveiro, Gisela Ferreira, Carla Matias, Ana Oliveira, Tatiana Rodrigues   +4 more
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