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Impact of age, gender and haplotypes of thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) and inosine triphosphate pyrophosphatase (ITPA) genes on 6-mercaptopurine toxicity in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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  1. Department of Medical Oncology, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Hyderabad, India

    Patchva Dorababu & Raghunadharao Digumarti

  2. Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Hyderabad, India

    Shaik Mohammad Naushad & Vijay Kumar Kutala

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Dorababu, P., Naushad, S.M., Kutala, V.K. et al. Impact of age, gender and haplotypes of thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) and inosine triphosphate pyrophosphatase (ITPA) genes on 6-mercaptopurine toxicity in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 68, 885–886 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-011-1187-0

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