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Genotyping of the cytochrome P450 2D6 4469 C>T polymorphism using SimpleProbes.
Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation - 1 Jan 2007
Nielsen K A, Hansen E Lyders, Gille S
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BACKGROUND: Genotyping of human cytochrome P450s is a pharmacogenetic approach to diagnosing inherited deficiencies in drug metabolizing enzymes that influence therapeutic responses. The P450 CYP2D6 (debrisoquine hydroxylase) metabolizes numerous antidepressants and neuroleptic agents and there is evidence of a relationship between gene polymorphism and variant therapeutic response. Polymorphism in CYP2D6 causes...
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