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Association of CYP3A5 polymorphisms with hypertension and antihypertensive response to verapamil.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Mar 2007
Langaee T Y, Gong Y, Yarandi H N, Katz D A, Cooper-DeHoff R M, Pepine C J, Johnson J A
Abstract excerpt
In the CYP3A5 gene, the A>G (*3) and G>A (*6) polymorphisms result in severely decreased expression of CYP3A5 enzyme relative to a normal functional allele (*1). We sought to determine if the CYP3A5 genetic polymorphisms were associated with level of blood pressure (BP), risk of hypertension (HTN), and the antihypertensive response to verapamil. A total of 676 normotensive and hypertensive participants (mean age...
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