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Outcomes of methotrexate therapy for psoriasis and relationship to genetic polymorphisms.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Feb 2009
Warren R B, Smith R L, Campalani E, Eyre S, Smith C H, Barker J N W N, Worthington J, Griffiths C E M
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BACKGROUND: The use of methotrexate is limited by interindividual variability in response. Previous studies in patients with either rheumatoid arthritis or psoriasis suggest that genetic variation across the methotrexate metabolic pathway might enable prediction of both efficacy and toxicity of the drug. OBJECTIVES: To assess if single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across four genes that are relevant to...
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