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Identification and functional characterization of new potentially defective alleles of human CYP2C19.
Pharmacogenetics - 1 Dec 2002
Blaisdell Joyce, Mohrenweiser Harvey, Jackson Jonathan, Ferguson Stephen, Coulter Sherry, Chanas Brian, Xi Tina, Ghanayem Burhan, Goldstein Joyce A
Abstract excerpt
CYP2C19 is a clinically important enzyme responsible for the metabolism of a number of therapeutic drugs, such as mephenytoin, omeprazole, diazepam, proguanil, propranolol and certain antidepressants. Genetic polymorphisms in this enzyme result in poor metabolizers of these drugs. There are racial differences in the incidence of the poor metabolizer trait, which represents 13-23% of Asians but only 3-5% of...
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