In a competing-risk analysis involving over 1,400 such patients starting on azathioprine, those who carried the CC genotype of variant rs2814778 – known to be more common among Black individuals – had ...

Review the side-effects of Azathioprine as documented in medical literature. The term "side effects" refers to unintended effects that can occur as a result of taking the medication. In majority of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . MMF demonstrated comparable safety and greater reductions in AST and ALT vs. azathioprine in autoimmune ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ATLANTA — Treatment with repeat doses of rituximab is superior to daily azathioprine for preventing relapse ...

OUR results in the treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura with splenectomy and corticosteroids have previously been reported. In our overall, long-term, evaluation of 271 patients with ...

Crohn’s Disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract with relapsing and remitting episodes. It is a disease that progresses over time, leading to complications such as ...

There is currently no consensus as to whether cyclophosphamide is better than azathioprine, in combination with corticosteroids, for the treatment of proliferative lupus nephritis—although ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. This single-center retrospective study reviewed the records of consecutive patients with Crohn's disease or autoimmune hepatitis who attended ...

A new large, international study finds that the immunosuppressant drug mycophenolate mofetil is superior to azathioprine, an older immunosuppressant, as a maintenance therapy for lupus nephritis. A ...

The Price section compares costs of the same generic drugs across brands and is purely for information purpose. Medindia neither buys nor sells drugs. Azathioprine (Azathioprine) is an ...

A drug used to treat inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis and vasculitis as well as to prevent organ rejection in transplant patients has been identified as an important contributor to skin cancer ...

A man in his early 30s presented with an intermittent eczematous eruption over the shaft of his penis and scrotum (Figure 1A). His wife was initially concerned about his fidelity, but a careful ...