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.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Main Authors: Laura Chisick, Curtis Oleschuk, Charles N Bernstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/280860