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Is the prevalence of CYP2C19 genetic variants different in Pacific people than in New Zealand Europeans?
The New Zealand medical journal - 28 May 2010
Helsby Nuala, Goldthorpe Michael, Gow Peter, de Zoysa Janak
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To undertake a preliminary assessment of the prevalence of CYP2C19 ultra-rapid and poor metaboliser genetic variants in Pacific people compared with NZ Europeans. METHOD: Individuals who self-identified as either Pacific people (n=14) or NZ European (n=12) were genotyped for the *2, *3 or *17 functional variants of CYP2C19. RESULTS: There was a significantly lower frequency (P<0.01) of the CYP2C19*17 allele...
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