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azathioprine

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azathioprine: see metabolite metabolite, organic compound that is a starting material in, an intermediate in, or an end product of metabolism. Starting materials are substances, usually small and of simple structure, absorbed by the organism as food.
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Discussion Up to 75% of patients with an inflammatory myopathy are steroid-unresponsive, requiring additional immunosuppression such as methotrexate or azathioprine.
Thiopurines are a class of drugs that include azathioprine and mercaptopurine.
These reports describe cancer occurring in children and young adults who began taking TNF blockers (along with other immuno-suppressive medicines such as methotrexate, azathioprine or 6-mercaptopurine), when they were ages 18 or less, to treat juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Crohn's disease or other diseases.
 
 
 
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