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Pharmacogenetic polymorphisms in Brazilian-born, first-generation Japanese descendants.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas - 1 Dec 2009
Perini J A, Vargens D D, Santana I S C, Moriguchi E H, Ribeiro-Dos-Santos A K C, Tsutsumi M, Suarez-Kurtz G
Abstract excerpt
Brazil hosts the largest Japanese community outside Japan, estimated at 1.5 million individuals, one third of whom are first-generation, Brazilian-born with native Japanese parents. This large community provides a unique opportunity for comparative studies of the distribution of pharmacogenetic polymorphisms in native Japanese versus their Brazilian-born descendants. Functional polymorphisms in genes that...
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