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Intraocular pressure response to topical beta-blockers associated with an ADRB2 single-nucleotide polymorphism.
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) - 1 Jul 2008
McCarty Catherine A, Burmester James K, Mukesh Bickol N, Patchett Richard B, Wilke Russell A
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OBJECTIVES: To determine whether candidate pharmacodynamic (beta-adrenergic receptor) and pharmacokinetic (cytochrome P450 2D6) gene polymorphisms are associated with the intraocular pressure (IOP) response to topical beta-blockers. METHODS: Medical records of 18,773 adults in the Personalized Medicine Research Project were searched to extract all IOP measurements for subjects who had been prescribed a topical...
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