Adherence to 6-Mercaptopurine in children and adolescents with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Mervat M AlsousRana Abu FarhaEman AlefishatSuha Al OmarDeema MomaniAlia GharabliJames McElnayRobert HorneRawad Rihani

Published in: PloS one (2017)

MARS scale was shown to overestimate adherence compared to measurement of 6-MP metabolites in the blood. A combination of both methods led to increased detection of non-adherence to thiopurine in children with ALL.

Keyphrases

acute lymphoblastic leukemia
glycemic control
young adults
ms ms
allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
loop mediated isothermal amplification
label free
insulin resistance