"Thioguanine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An antineoplastic compound which also has antimetabolite action. The drug is used in the therapy of acute leukemia.
| Descriptor ID |
D013866
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.633.100.759.854
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| Concept/Terms |
Thioguanine- Thioguanine
- 2-Amino-6-Purinethiol
- 2 Amino 6 Purinethiol
- Tioguanine
- 6-Thioguanine
- 6 Thioguanine
Tabloid- Tabloid
- Thioguanine Tabloid
- Thioguanin-GSK
- Thioguanin GSK
- ThioguaninGSK
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thioguanine" by people in Profiles.
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Iliakis G. The influence of PLD repair on the induction frequency of 6-thioguanine resistant mutants in Ehrlich ascites tumour cells after exposure to X-rays and ultraviolet light. Br J Cancer Suppl. 1984; 6:113-7.
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Arlin ZA, Flomenberg N, Gee TS, Kempin SJ, Dellaquila C, Mertelsmann R, Straus DJ, Young CW, Clarkson BD. Treatment of acute leukemia in relapse with 4'(9-acridinylamino) methanesulfon-m-anisidide (AMSA) in combination with cytosine arabinoside and thioguanine. Cancer Clin Trials. 1981; 4(3):317-21.
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Wiernik PH, Glidewell OJ, Hoagland HC, Brunner KW, Spurr CL, Cuttner J, Silver RT, Carey RW, DelDuca V, Kung FH, Holland JF. A comparative trial of daunorubicin, cytosine arabinoside, and thioguanine, and a combination of the three agents for the treatment of acute myelocytic leukemia. Med Pediatr Oncol. 1979; 6(3):261-77.
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Lewis JP, Linman JW, Marshall GJ, Pajak TF, Bateman JR. Randomized clinical trial of cystosine arabinoside and 6-thioguanine in remission induction and consolidation of adult nonlymphocytic acute leukemia. Cancer. 1977 Apr; 39(4):1387-96.