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The Effect of Milk on the Bioavailability of 6-mercaptopurine
Sun Kyu Park, Ran Ju Kim, Pyoung Ha Hwang, Soo Chul Cho, Jung Soo Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1994;37(12):1732-1737.   Published online December 15, 1994
The purine antimetabolite 6-Mercaptopurine (6-MP) has been in clinical use for over 30 years and is still a widely used agent in the treatment of childhood acute lymphoglastic leukemia. The bioavailibility, clinical effecacy and toxicity of 6-MP administered orally for maintenance therapy of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia are highly variable in many studies, as well as at different times...