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Pharmacogenetics of drug-induced birth defects: what is known so far?
Pharmacogenomics - 1 Apr 2011
Wilffert Bob, Altena Judith, Tijink Laurien, van Gelder Marleen M H J, de Jong-van den Berg Lolkje T W
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A literature review was performed to collect information on the role of pharmacogenetics in six proposed teratogenic mechanisms associated with drug use during pregnancy: folate antagonism, oxidative stress, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition and angiotensin II receptor antagonism, cyclooxygenase-1 and -2 inhibition, 5-hydroxytryptamine-reuptake inhibition and drug transporters in the placenta. Data on the...
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