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Rapid detection of the CYP2D6*3, CYP2D6*4, and CYP2D6*6 alleles by tetra-primer PCR and of the CYP2D6*5 allele by multiplex long PCR.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Aug 2000
Hersberger M, Marti-Jaun J, Rentsch K, Hänseler E
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BACKGROUND: Interindividual differences in CYP2D6 activity range from total absence of metabolism of certain drugs to ultrafast metabolism and can produce adverse effects or lack of therapeutic effect under standard therapy. Several mutations have been described in the CYP2D6 gene that abolish CYP2D6 activity. However, four mutations explain the majority of the poor metabolizers. We describe four single-tube...
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