Abstracts tagged "connective tissue diseases and vasculitis"

Abstract Number: 2956 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Optimization of Thiopurines with a Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitor in Patients with Autoimmune Systemic Diseases
Mériem Belhocine¹, Aurélie Chapdelaine¹, Maxime Doré², Yves Troyanov³ and Anne-Marie Mansour¹, ¹medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Pharmacy, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Rheumatology, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Thiopurines are a mainstay for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. However, in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), 14-18 % of patients manifest a skewed metabolism…