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Pharmacogenomics of sex difference in chemotherapeutic toxicity.
Current drug discovery technologies - 1 Jun 2007
Wang Jeffrey, Huang Ying
Abstract excerpt
Except for few cases, chemotherapeutic toxicity is in general influenced by multiple genetic factors and non-genetic factors including age, sex and drug-drug interactions. The manifestations of adverse drug reactions differ between men and women. In particular, women experience greater toxicity from certain chemotherapeutic drugs than men. Sex-related factors are likely to play an increasing role in drug...
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