Azathioprine induced fever, chills, rash, and hepatotoxicity in rheumatoid arthritis.
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Azathioprine induced fever, chills, rash, and hepatotoxicity in rheumatoid arthritis.
Within one year three of 25 patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with azathioprine 100 mg daily developed the following adverse reactions less than two weeks after starting treatment: patient one showed fever with chills, rash, and severe liver function abnormalities suggestive of cholestasis; the second patient had fever, nausea, diarrhoea, and moderately raised liver enzymes; the third ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.49.1.25