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The role of common variants of ABCB1, CYP3A4, and CYP3A5 genes in lipid-lowering efficacy and safety of simvastatin treatment.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Nov 2005
Fiegenbaum Marilu, da Silveira Fabiano R, Van der Sand Cézar R, Van der Sand Luiz Carlos, Ferreira Maria E W, Pires Renan C, Hutz Mara H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to investigate the interactions between common polymorphisms in ABCB1, CYP3A4, and CYP3A5 genes and the lipid-lowering efficacy and safety of the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitor simvastatin. METHODS: One hundred sixteen hypercholesterolemic patients were prospectively screened by physical examination, medical history, and clinical laboratory evaluation and...
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