Article
[Xenobiotic-metabolizing polymorphic enzymes. An opportunity for individualized drug treatment].
Bulletin de l'Academie nationale de medecine - 1 Jan 2006
Lhermitte Michel, Allorge Delphine, Broly Franck
Abstract excerpt
Interindividual variability in drug responses can complicate patient management. This variability is partly due to genetic factors that affect pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic behavior Pharmacogenetics is a discipline focusing on the molecular mechanisms underlying drug responses. Its overriding goal is to optimize drug treatments, in terms of both their efficacy and their safety. Polymorphisms of genes that...
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