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Dosing equation for tacrolimus using genetic variants and clinical factors.
British journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Dec 2011
Passey Chaitali, Birnbaum Angela K, Brundage Richard C, Oetting William S, Israni Ajay K, Jacobson Pamala A
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AIM: To develop a dosing equation for tacrolimus, using genetic and clinical factors from a large cohort of kidney transplant recipients. Clinical factors and six genetic variants were screened for importance towards tacrolimus clearance (CL/F). METHODS: Clinical data, tacrolimus troughs and corresponding doses were collected from 681 kidney transplant recipients in a multicentre observational study in the USA...
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