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The risk of myocardial infarction in patients with reduced activity of cytochrome P450 2C9.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Jul 2007
Visser Loes E, van Schaik Ron H N, Jan Danser Alexander H, Hofman Albert, Witteman Jacqueline C M, van Duijn Cornelia M, Uitterlinden André G, Pols Huibert A P, Stricker Bruno H Ch
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present follow-up study was to investigate whether the enzyme activity of the human cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C9 isoenzyme is associated with myocardial infarction. METHODS: We investigated whether the variant alleles CYP2C9*2 and CYP2C9*3 or the use of CYP2C9 substrates or inhibitors was associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction in 2210 men and 3534 women from the...
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