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Pharmacogenetics of codeine metabolism in an urban population of children and its implications for analgesic reliability.
British journal of anaesthesia - 1 Dec 2002
Williams D G, Patel A, Howard R F
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BACKGROUND: Codeine analgesia is wholly or mostly due to its metabolism to morphine by the cytochrome P450 enzyme CYP2D6, which shows significant genetic variation in activity. The aims of this study were to investigate genotype, phenotype and morphine production from codeine in children undergoing adenotonsillectomy, and to compare analgesia from codeine or morphine combined with diclofenac. METHODS: Ninety-six...
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