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azathioprine sodium

Known as: Azathioprine Sodium Salt, Sodium, Azathioprine 
The sodium salt form of azathioprine, a pro-drug of purine analogue with immunosuppressive activity. Azathioprine is converted in vivo to its active… 
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Review
2017
Review
2017
Association of Therapy for Autoimmune Disease With Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Importance Therapy-related myeloid neoplasms are a potentially life-threatening consequence of treatment for autoimmune disease… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
A comparison of oral methylprednisolone plus azathioprine or mycophenolate mofetil for the treatment of bullous pemphigoid.
OBJECTIVE To investigate the safety and efficacy of oral methylprednisolone combined with azathioprine sodium or mycophenolate… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
A comparison of oral methylprednisolone plus azathioprine or mycophenolate mofetil for the treatment of pemphigus.
OBJECTIVE To investigate the safety and efficacy of oral methylprednisolone combined with azathioprine sodium or mycophenolate… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Successful treatment of mucous membrane pemphigoid with etanercept in 3 patients.
BACKGROUND Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP), also known as cicatricial pemphigoid, is a serious, autoimmune, blistering disorder… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Randomized controlled trial of adjuvant oral dexamethasone pulse therapy in pemphigus vulgaris: PEMPULS trial.
OBJECTIVE To determine the therapeutic effect of adjuvant dexamethasone pulse therapy when given in addition to conventional… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Azathioprine. An effective, corticosteroid-sparing therapy for patients with recalcitrant cutaneous lupus erythematosus or with recalcitrant cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis.
Azathioprine sodium has been reported to be effective therapy for chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus (LE) but rarely for… 
1989
1989
Toxicity of methotrexate compared with azathioprine in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. A case-control study of 131 patients.
One hundred thirty-one patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with either azathioprine sodium (n = 37, 102.7 +/- 32.9 mg/d… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Reversal of chronic polymyositis following intravenous immune serum globulin therapy.
POLYMYOSITIS is an inflammatory disease of striated muscle, which has been attributed to a vasculopathy. Although the… 
1986
1986
Successful treatment of generalized discoid skin lesions with azathioprine.
  • S. Shehade
  • Archives of dermatology
  • 1986
  • Corpus ID: 13287192
To the Editor.— I read the article in the October 1985 issue of theArchiveson the successful treatment of generalized discoid… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Successful treatment of generalized discoid skin lesions with azathioprine. Its use in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
A 20-year-old patient had systemic lupus erythematosus and extensive generalized discoid disease that failed to respond to… 
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