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- Title
Azathioprine Treatment in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Double Edged Sword.
- Authors
Jia XIA; S. U., Xiao; Wei-wei CHEN; H. E., Li-qun
- Abstract
Extremely severe pancytopenia induced by low dosage of azathioprine in systemic lupus erythematosus patients is rare. A 40-year-old Chinese female was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus. She suffered worse erythema, oral ulceration, raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate and high anti-dsDNA in August 2013. Then she was initiated on oral azathioprine 50mg/d and extremely severe pancytopenia was seen in September 2013. She was recovered by a series of treatments. Regular monitoring of blood counts is highly recommended to reduce the possible serious myelosuppression induced by azathioprine.
- Subjects
SYSTEMIC lupus erythematosus; AZATHIOPRINE; PANCYTOPENIA
- Publication
IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia, 2015, Vol 14, Issue 2, p61
- ISSN
1823-4631
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31436/imjm.v14i2.424