Rapid genotyping of common deficient thiopurine S-methyltransferase alleles using the DNA-microchip technique
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High-throughput genotyping of thiopurine S-methyltransferase by denaturing HPLC.
BACKGROUND The thiopurine S:-methyltransferase (TPMT) genetic polymorphism has a significant clinical impact on the toxicity of thiopurine drugs, which are used in the treatment of leukemia and as immunosuppressants. To date, 10 mutant alleles are known that are associated with intermediate or low TPMT activity. To facilitate rapid screening of clinically relevant TPMT mutations, we developed a...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Human Genetics
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1018-4813,1476-5438
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201647