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Purinethol
Purinethol is used for: Treating acute lymphatic leukemia along with other medicines. It may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor.
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Purinethol
Mercaptopurine is a cancer medication that interferes with the growth of cancer cells and slows their growth and spread in the body. Mercaptopurine is used to treat acute lymphatic leukemia or acute myelogenous leukemia. Mercaptopurine is usually given together with other cancer medications....
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Purinethol
PURINETHOL (mercaptopurine) was synthesized and developed by Hitchings, Elion, and associates at the Wellcome Research Laboratories.
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Thioguanine
...is an analogue of the nucleic acid constituent guanine, and is closely related structurally and functionally to PURINETHOL® (mercaptopurine). Its structural formula is: TABLOID brand Thioguanine is available in tablets for oral administration. Each scored tablet...
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See also: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Crohn's Disease, Acute, Crohn's Disease, Maintenance, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Intestinal Arterial Insufficiency, Ulcerative Colitis, Maintenance

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