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Pharmacogenetics in clinical dermatology.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Jan 2002
Ameen M, Smith C H, Barker J N W N
Abstract excerpt
Systemic therapies are increasingly used in the management of common skin diseases, and drug toxicity and relative lack of efficacy remain significant problems. In addition, we are unable to predict life-threatening adverse reactions such as toxic epidermal necrolysis. Pharmacogenetics, the study of how genetic differences influence the variability of individual patient responses to drugs, aims to distinguish...
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