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Polymorphisms C677T and A1298C in the MTHFR gene in Mexican patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with methotrexate: implication with elevation of transaminases.
The pharmacogenomics journal - 1 Aug 2011
Mena J P, Salazar-Páramo M, González-López L, Gámez-Nava J I, Sandoval-Ramirez L, Sánchez J D, Figuera L E, Muñoz-Valle F J, Vazquez del Mercado M, Dávalos I P
Abstract excerpt
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the prototype of the rheumatic diseases worldwide. Methotrexate (MTX) is the drug of first choice in the treatment of this disease due to its immunosuppressant effect. However, side events are present in 30% of the patients. The C677T and A1298C polymorphisms of the m...
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