Molecular diagnosis of thiopurine S-methyltransferase deficiency: genetic basis for azathioprine and mercaptopurine intolerance.

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Published in Ann Intern Med on April 15, 1997

Authors

C R Yates1, E Y Krynetski, T Loennechen, M Y Fessing, H L Tai, C H Pui, M V Relling, W E Evans

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1: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105-2794, USA.

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