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Inflammation and inflammatory bowel disease
Leucopenia resulting from a drug interaction between azathioprine or 6-mercaptopurine and mesalamine, sulphasalazine, or balsalazide

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  • P W Lowry Division of Gastroenterology, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, and Section of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • C L Franklin Division of Gastroenterology, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, and Section of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • A L Weaver Division of Gastroenterology, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, and Section of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • C L Szumlanski Division of Gastroenterology, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, and Section of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • D C Mays Division of Gastroenterology, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, and Section of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • E V Loftus Division of Gastroenterology, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, and Section of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • W J Tremaine Division of Gastroenterology, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, and Section of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • J J Lipsky Division of Gastroenterology, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, and Section of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • R M Weinshilboum Division of Gastroenterology, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, and Section of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • W J Sandborn Division of Gastroenterology, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, and Section of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Dr W J Sandborn, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. sandborn.william{at}mayo.edu
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Lowry PW, Franklin CL, Weaver AL, et al
Leucopenia resulting from a drug interaction between azathioprine or 6-mercaptopurine and mesalamine, sulphasalazine, or balsalazide
Gut 2001;49:656-664.

Publication history

  • Accepted May 1, 2001
  • First published November 1, 2001.
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January 10, 2022

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