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Genetic susceptibility to diclofenac-induced hepatotoxicity: contribution of UGT2B7, CYP2C8, and ABCC2 genotypes.
Gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2007
Daly Ann K, Aithal Guruprasad P, Leathart Julian B S, Swainsbury Richard A, Dang Tarana Singh, Day Christopher P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Diclofenac is a widely used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug and is among the most common drugs causing idiosyncratic hepatotoxicity in several recent series with up to 20% mortality in jaundiced subjects. We hypothesized that susceptibility to hepatotoxicity would be associated with genetic polymorphisms in the genes encoding the enzymes UGT2B7 and CYP2C8, which determine the formation of...
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