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[Cytochrome P450 and NAT2 polymorphisms and drug metabolism in DOTS].
Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion - 1 Jan 2000
Castillejos-López Manuel de J, García-Sancho Ma Cecilia, Quiñones-Falconi Francisco, Pérez-Padilla José R
Abstract excerpt
It has been described an increase of the frequency of Directly Observed Therapy Short-course (DOTS) failure in countries with high rates of mycobacterial drug resistance. This increase could be due to the standardized doses of DOTS results in low or insufficient dosage of drugs in plasma. Several members of cytochrome P450 enzymes superfamily could explain the variations on acetylation velocity and in drug...
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