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Beta-1-adrenoceptor genetic variants and ethnicity independently affect response to beta-blockade.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Oct 2008
Kurnik Daniel, Li Chun, Sofowora Gbenga G, Friedman Eitan A, Muszkat Mordechai, Xie Hong-Guang, Harris Paul A, Williams Scott M, Nair Usha B, Wood Alastair J J, Stein C Michael
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Black patients may be less responsive to beta-blockers than whites. Genetic variants in the beta1-adrenergic receptor (beta1-AR) associated with lesser response to beta-blockers are more common in blacks than in whites. The purpose of this study was to determine whether ethnic differences in response to beta-blockade can be explained by differing distributions of functional genetic variants in the...
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