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Risk of diarrhoea in a long-term cohort of renal transplant patients given mycophenolate mofetil: the significant role of the UGT1A8 2 variant allele.
British journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Jun 2010
Woillard Jean-Baptiste, Rerolle Jean-Philippe, Picard Nicolas, Rousseau Annick, Drouet Mireille, Munteanu Eliza, Essig Marie, Marquet Pierre, Le Meur Yann
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AIM: In renal transplant patients given mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), we investigated the relationship between the digestive adverse events and polymorphisms in the UGT genes involved in mycophenolic acid (MPA) intestinal metabolism and biliary excretion of its phase II metabolites. METHODS: Clinical data and DNA from 256 patients transplanted between 1996 and 2006 and given MMF with cyclosporin (CsA, n = 185),...
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