Thiopurines: Recent Topics and Their Role in the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

• Main Authors: Keiichi Tominaga (Author), Takeshi Sugaya (Author), Takanao Tanaka (Author), Mimari Kanazawa (Author), Makoto Iijima (Author), Atsushi Irisawa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) are chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) of unknown etiology, characterized by repeated relapse and remission. The efficacy of thiopurine in IBD was first reported in the late 1960s. Thiopurines are used to alleviate the symptoms of IBD, esp...