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Phenotypes and genotypes for CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 in a black Tanzanian population.
British journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Sept 1999
Bathum L, Skjelbo E, Mutabingwa T K, Madsen H, Hørder M, Brøsen K
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 are polymorphically expressed enzymes that show marked interindividual and interethnic variation. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of the defective alleles in CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 in Africans and to test whether the genotype for CYP2C19 is better correlated with the proguanil/cylcoguanil ratio than the mephenytoin S/R ratio. METHODS: Two hundred and sixteen black...
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