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No pain relief from codeine...? An introduction to pharmacogenomics.
Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica - 1 Feb 2001
Fagerlund T H, Braaten O
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Drug treatment remains a mainstay of medicine. In some situations a drug unexpectedly has no effect, or unforeseen serious side effects occur. For the patient this represents a dangerous and potentially life-threatening situation. It certainly is a distressing experience for the doctor. At the societal level, adverse drug reactions represent a leading cause of disease and death. Genetic variation often underlies...
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