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Tocilizumab-induced hyperbilirubinemia in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: its association with UDP glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 gene polymorphisms.
Modern rheumatology - 1 Aug 2012
Mori Shunsuke, Terada Kaoru, Ueki Yukitaka
Abstract excerpt
This study was performed to explore the possibility of an association between polymorphisms within the uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 gene (UGT1A1) and hyperbilirubinemia arising during tocilizumab therapy. We examined the distributions of 3 variant alleles, UGT1A1*6, *28, and *27, in 46 Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who had received tocilizumab therapy for at least 24 weeks,...
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