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The Effect of Renal Replacement Therapy in a Patient with Mercaptopurine Toxicity: Time to Revise Guidelines.

Quaedvlieg HjlPolderman FnBorkent MDe Jonge HjmAnnema PaDerijks LjjSikma MaBethlehem C
Published in: Current drug safety (2023)
In this case of thiopurine toxicity, a patient with autoimmune hepatitis presents with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. We show in this case report that renal replacement therapy had no effect on total body clearance of mercaptopurine.
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