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[Cancer pharmacogenetics: study of genetically determined variations on cancer susceptibility due to xenobiotic exposure].
Revista medica de Chile - 1 Apr 2006
Quiñones Luis, Lee Kuen, Varela F Nelson, Escala Mario, García Karen, Godoy Loreto, Castro Andrés, Soto Jorge, Saavedra Iván, Cáceres Dante
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Pharmacogenetics is the study of genetically determined variations in the response to drugs and toxic agents, and their implications on disease. Recently, the discipline has acquired great relevancy due to the development of non-invasive molecular techniques that identify genetic variants in human beings. There is also a need to explain the individual differences in susceptibility to drug actions and disease...
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