Patients who are prescribed a widely used group of drugs are four times more likely to develop pancreatitis if they harbor a particular genetic variation. Clinicians at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Exeter Medical School have discovered that 17 per cent of patients who have two copies of a particular genetic marker are likely to go on to develop pancreatitis if they are prescribed thiopurine drugs. The drugs, which include ...Tuesday 16 September 2014
Patients Susceptible to Drug-Induced Pancreatitis Harbor Genetic Variation
Patients who are prescribed a widely used group of drugs are four times more likely to develop pancreatitis if they harbor a particular genetic variation. Clinicians at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Exeter Medical School have discovered that 17 per cent of patients who have two copies of a particular genetic marker are likely to go on to develop pancreatitis if they are prescribed thiopurine drugs. The drugs, which include ...
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