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Pharmacogenetics of asthma.
Current opinion in pulmonary medicine - 1 Jan 2009
Lima John J, Blake Kathryn V, Tantisira Kelan G, Weiss Scott T
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Patient response to the asthma drug classes, bronchodilators, inhaled corticosteroids and leukotriene modifiers, are characterized by a large degree of heterogeneity, which is attributable in part to genetic variation. Herein, we review and update the pharmacogenetics and pharmaogenomics of common asthma drugs. RECENT FINDINGS: Early studies suggest that bronchodilator reversibility and asthma...
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