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. 1977 Mar;53(617):173–174. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.53.617.173

Acute leukaemia during azathioprine therapy.

I T Gilmore, G Holden, K S Rodan
PMCID: PMC2496469  PMID: 266170

Abstract

Various tumours, in particular lymphomas, have been reported in association with azathioprine treatment, both after renal transplantation and in other conditions. A case is reported here of acute myeloid leukaemia associated with azathioprine therapy for rheumatoid arthritis, and this is now the third case reported in the world literature of leukaemia arising during azathioprine therapy for a non-malignant condition.

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