title: Thiopurine toxicity.
abstract: Thiopurines are a class of immunosuppressant and antineoplastic drugs developed by Gertrude Elion and George Hitchings and patented in 1953 for use to treat leukaemia, then used to prevent transplant rejection (Marx, 2005).
authors.affiliation: Academic FY2 in the Department of Medicine, Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London.
authors.forename: Kl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: de Wit
authors.forename: Be
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goldsmith
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001379:Azathioprine; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007938:Leukemia
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D001379:Azathioprine