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Acetylator phenotype and genotype in HIV-infected patients with and without sulfonamide hypersensitivity.
Journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Jun 2002
O'Neil William M, MacArthur Rodger D, Farrough Marti J, Doll Mark A, Fretland Adrian J, Hein David W, Crane Lawrence R, Svensson Craig K
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Adverse reactions to sulfonamides occur at a higher frequency in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) than noninfected patients. Some studies have suggested that patients with the slow acetylator phenotype are predisposed to these reactions, whereas other studies suggest that the slow acetylator genotype is not a predisposing factor. To rationalize these seemingly contradictory...
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