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Resequencing, haplotype construction and identification of novel variants of CYP2D6 in Mexican Mestizos.
Pharmacogenomics - 1 May 2011
Contreras Alejandra V, Monge-Cazares Tulia, Alfaro-Ruiz Luis, Hernandez-Morales Salvador, Miranda-Ortiz Haydee, Carrillo-Sanchez Karol, Jimenez-Sanchez Gerardo, Silva-Zolezzi Irma
Abstract excerpt
AIM: The CYP2D6 enzyme participates in the metabolism of commonly prescribed drugs: antidepressants, antipsychotics and antihypertensives. The CYP2D6 gene shows a high degree of interindividual and interethnic variability that influences its expression and function. Mexican Mestizos are a recently admixed population resulting from the combination of Amerindian, European and, to a lesser extent, African...
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