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[Prevalence of ultraextensive drug metabolizers in Croatian population--long-PCR based detection of amplified CYP2D6 gene].
Lijecnicki vjesnik - 1 Jan 2000
Bozina Nada, Tramisak Inja, Granić Paula, Puljević Davor, Stavljenić-Rukavina Ana
Abstract excerpt
Cytochrome P450 enzyme debrisoquine 4-hydroxylase, responsible for the metabolism of different classes of drugs and other chemical substances, exhibits genetic polymorphism with great interindividual and interethnic differences in metabolic capacity. The activity of enzyme ranges from very expressed, rapid, to total absence of activity. Up to 7% of Caucasians may demonstrate ultrarapid metabolism--UEM of...
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