| Literature DB >> 2649979 |
Abstract
Research on antimetabolites of nucleic acid purines led to drugs for the treatment of acute leukemia (6-mercaptopurine and thioguanine), gout and hyperuricemia (allopurinol), and herpesvirus infections (acyclovir), and for the prevention of organ transplant rejection (azathioprine).Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2649979 DOI: 10.1126/science.2649979
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728