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Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic relationship of NRTIs and its connection to viral escape: an example based on zidovudine.
European journal of pharmaceutical sciences : official journal of the European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences - 2 Mar 2009
von Kleist Max, Huisinga Wilhelm
Abstract excerpt
In HIV disease, the mechanisms of drug resistance are only poorly understood. Incomplete suppression of HIV by antiretroviral agents is suspected to be a main reason. The objective of this in silico study is to elucidate the pharmacokinetic origins of incomplete viral suppression, exemplified for zidovudine (AZT) as a representative of the key class of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs). AZT,...
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