Use of azathioprine in IBD: modern aspects of an old drug

Gut. 2014 Nov;63(11):1695-9. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2013-306711. Epub 2014 Jun 18.

Authors

Edouard Louis¹, Peter Irving², Laurent Beaugerie³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital CHU of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
² Department of Gastroenterology, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
³ Department of Gastroenterology, Hôpital St-Antoine and UPMC Univ Paris 06, Paris, France.

PMID: 24943205
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2013-306711

No abstract available

Keywords: AZATHIOPRINE; IBD; LYMPHOMA; THIOPURINE METHYLTRANSFERASE.

MeSH terms

Azathioprine / therapeutic use*
Colitis, Ulcerative / drug therapy
Crohn Disease / drug therapy
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use*
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / drug therapy*
Remission Induction
Treatment Failure

Substances

Immunosuppressive Agents
Azathioprine