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Pharmacogenomics in pediatric leukemia.
Current opinion in pediatrics - 1 Dec 2010
Paugh Steven W, Stocco Gabriele, Evans William E
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The therapeutic index of many medications, especially in children, is very narrow with substantial risk for toxicity at doses required for therapeutic effects. This is particularly relevant to cancer chemotherapy, when the risk of toxicity must be balanced against potential suboptimal (low) systemic exposure that can be less effective in patients with higher rates of drug clearance. The purpose...
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