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Unraveling ambiguous NAT2 genotyping data.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Aug 2008
Agúndez José A G, Golka Klaus, Martínez Carmen, Selinski Silvia, Blaszkewicz Meinolf, García-Martín Elena
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Arylamine N-acetyltransferase 2 (CoASAc; NAT2, EC 2.3.1.5) is a drug-metabolizing enzyme that displays common polymorphisms leading to impaired drug metabolism and adverse drug effects. Determination of the N-acetyltransferase 2 (arylamine N-acetyltransferase) (NAT2) genotype in clinical practice is hampered by the occurrence of ambiguous haplotype combinations that may lead to patient...
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