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Impact of apolipoprotein A5 variants on statin treatment efficacy.
Pharmacogenomics - 1 Jun 2009
Hubacek Jaroslav A, Adamkova Vera, Prusikova Martina, Snejdrlova Michaela, Hirschfeldova Katerina, Lanska Vera, Ceska Richard, Vrablik Michal
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AIMS: Despite the fact that statin treatment efficacy is very high, there are substantial differences in treatment effectiveness among individuals. It is supposed that genetic predisposition plays an important role in these differences, but the contribution of individual polymorphisms is poorly understood. So far, more than 30 genes have been examined with ambiguous results. Apolipoprotein A5 is an important...
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