Pancytopenia Related to Azathioprine--an Enzyme Deficiency Caused by a Common Genetic Polymorphism: a Review

Overview

Journal J R Soc Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1992 Dec 1

PMID 1494166

Citations 21

Authors

A Anstey

L Lennard

S C Mayou

J D Kirby

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