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Nicotine metabolism and CYP2D6 phenotype in smokers.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Mar 2001
Caporaso N E, Lerman C, Audrain J, Boyd N R, Main D, Issaq H J, Utermahlan B, Falk R T, Shields P
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We tested the hypothesis that the polymorphic enzyme CYP2D6 is related to nicotine metabolism in 261 healthy subjects enrolling in a smoking cessation clinic. Subjects completed a questionnaire, were given dextromethorphan, and contributed a urine and blood sample. The CYP2D6 phenotype (based on a determination of dextromethorphan and metabolites in an aliquot of overnight urine) and genotype (based on...
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