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Limitation to the use of the urinary S-/R-mephenytoin ratio in pharmacogenetic studies.
British journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Mar 1991
Zhang Y, Blouin R A, McNamara P J, Steinmetz J, Wedlund P J
Abstract excerpt
The reproducibility of the S-/R-mephenytoin ratio was examined in urines stored at -20 degrees C over 2 years. Large changes in this ratio were observed in some urine samples stored for only a few months under these conditions. The changes observed in the S-/R-mephenytoin ratio are attributed to the decomposition of an acid labile metabolite of S-mephenytoin which is eliminated in the urine. The instability of...
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