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what is 'mercaptopurine'?

Definition for Mercaptopurine - Mercaptopurine

Mercaptopurine (also called 6-Mercaptopurine, 6-MP or its brand name Purinethol ) is an immunosuppressive drug .

It is a thiopurine . [ 1 ]

It is used to treat leukemia . It is also used for pediatric non-Hodgkin's lymphoma , [ citation needed ] polycythemia vera , [ citation needed ] psoriatic arthritis , [ citation needed ] and inflammatory bowel disease (such as Crohn's Disease and ulcerative colitis ). [ 2 ]

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Letterer-Siwe disease
disease resulting from increased histiocytes in body
Sezary's Syndrome
leukemic variant of T cell lymphoma in skin
multifocal Langerhans cell granulomatosis
multisystem disease caused by increased number of Langerhans cells


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