Kyuyoung Song and colleagues report the results of a two-stage association study of thiopurine-induced early leukopenia in individuals undergoing treatment for Crohn's disease. They find a missense variant in NUDT15 associated with substantially higher risk of developing this life-threatening complication to thiopurine therapy.
- Suk-Kyun Yang
- Myunghee Hong
- Kyuyoung Song