Heritable deficiency of TPMT activity, regulated by genetic polymorphisms of the TPMT gene is an important factor causing interpatient variability in the clinical outcomes of thiopurine drugs. In erythrocytes, TPMT enzyme activity exhibit trimodal distribution in Caucasians. On the other hand, Southeast Asians show unimodal distribution.
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