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Hepatotoxicity of oral and intravenous voriconazole in relation to cytochrome P450 polymorphisms.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2007
Levin Mark-David, den Hollander Jan G, van der Holt Bronno, Rijnders Bart J, van Vliet Martin, Sonneveld Pieter, van Schaik Ron H N
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OBJECTIVES: Voriconazole, like all other antifungals of the azole group, is potentially hepatotoxic. A large interpatient variability of liver enzyme elevations during oral or intravenous (iv) voriconazole administration is observed. This interpatient variability may be explained by differences in voriconazole metabolism because of cytochrome P450 polymorphisms. We examined the relationship between cytochrome...
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