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[Detection of mutation in NAT II gene as a method of determination of izoniazyd (INH) acetylation type in human population].
Pneumonologia i alergologia polska - 1 Jan 2007
Augustynowicz-Kopeć Ewa, Zabost Anna, Kozińska Monika, Brzezińska Sylwia, Zwolska Zofia
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INTRODUCTION: Isoniazid (INH) is a drug widely used in the treatment of tuberculosis. INH is metabolized to acetylisoniazid by N-acetyltransferase (NAT) in the liver. The rate of INH acetylation is genetically determined. NAT isozymes are encoded at 2 loci; one encodes NAT1, formerly known as the monomorphic form of the enzyme, while the other encodes the polymorphic NAT2, which is responsible for individual...
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