Article
[Antitubercular agents: pharmacogenetic factors in the development of adverse effects].
Revista medica de Chile - 1 Jul 1990
Ligueros M, Saavedra H, Neira S, Cruz-Coke R, Saavedra A, Kramer V, Gelman M, Nuñez A, Prieto J C
Abstract excerpt
We studied the distribution of the acetylator phenotype in 47 patients aged 15 to 77 years receiving isonyazid as antituberculous therapy. 62% were fast and 32% slow acetylators. Ethnical, socio-economic and biologic factors were not related to acetylator type. The incidence of liver alterations,...
Topics
- Acetylation
- Acetyltransferases
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Alkaline Phosphatase
- Antitubercular Agents
- Aspartate Aminotransferases
- Chile
- Female
- Humans
- Isoniazid
- Liver
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Prospective Studies
