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Riluzole metabolism and CYP1A1/2 polymorphisms in patients with ALS.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : official publication of the World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Motor Neuron Diseases - 1 Oct 2007
Ajroud-Driss Senda, Saeed Mohammad, Khan Humaira, Siddique Nailah, Hung W Y, Sufit Robert, Heller Scott, Armstrong Jennifer, Casey Pat, Siddique Teepu, Lukas Thomas J
Abstract excerpt
Riluzole is the only FDA approved drug for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Riluzole is assumed to be mainly metabolized by the liver cytochrome CYP1A2 and by the extra-hepatic cytochrome CYP1A1. CYP1A2 and CYP1A1 genetic polymorphisms are known, but their relationship to riluzole metabolism in ALS patients has not been investigated. The aim of this study was to determine whether the polymorphisms...
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