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The Impact of Azathioprine-Associated Lymphopenia on the Onset of Opportunistic Infections in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

BACKGROUND: Thiopurines are known to cause lymphopenia (<1,500 lymphocytes/μl). As severe lymphopenia (<500C/μl) is associated with opportunistic infections, we investigated severity of thiopurine-related lymphopenia and development of opportunistic infections in our tertiary referral centre....

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Autores principales: Vögelin, Marius, Biedermann, Luc, Frei, Pascal, Vavricka, Stephan R., Scharl, Sylvie, Zeitz, Jonas, Sulz, Michael C., Fried, Michael, Rogler, Gerhard, Scharl, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4877071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27214202
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155218