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Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Study Shows Genotype Leads to Discontinued, Decreased Medication
June 30, 2022
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 30 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:

By Jill Clendening

Patients whose race is recorded as Black in their electronic health record (EHR) are more likely to have azathioprine, an immunosuppressant medication, discontinued or its dose reduced because their laboratory results show a low white blood cell count.

This lab finding was not a factor of race, but instead was linked to a genetic vari . . .

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