Azathioprine Metabolite Measurements Are not Useful for Following Treatment of Autoimmune Hepatitis in Alaska Native and other Non-Caucasian People

Elizabeth D Ferucci; Kathy J Hurlburt; Marlyn J Mayo; Stephen Livingston; Heike Deubner; James Gove; Julia Plotnik; Brian J McMahon

doi:10.1155/2011/137476

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2011)

Azathioprine Metabolite Measurements Are not Useful for Following Treatment of Autoimmune Hepatitis in Alaska Native and other Non-Caucasian People

Elizabeth D Ferucci,
Kathy J Hurlburt,
Marlyn J Mayo,
Stephen Livingston,
Heike Deubner,
James Gove,
Julia Plotnik,
Brian J McMahon

Affiliations

Elizabeth D Ferucci: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Kathy J Hurlburt: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Marlyn J Mayo: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Stephen Livingston: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Heike Deubner: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
James Gove: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Julia Plotnik: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Brian J McMahon: Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, Alaska, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/137476
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 25, no. 1
pp. 21 – 27

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: In autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) patients treated with azathioprine, the utility of measuring thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) and azathioprine metabolites has been limited.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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