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[Study of irinotecan-induced toxicity and its correlation to UGT1A1 gene promoter polymorphisms].
Zhonghua fu chan ke za zhi - 1 Dec 2011
Li Hu, Huang He, Liu Ji-hong
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the distribution of uridine diphosphate-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) gene promoter polymorphism and its relation to the toxicities caused by irinotecan in Chinese patients with cervical cancer and ovarian cancer. METHODS: Sixty-four blood samples were taken from the patients with ovarian cancer and cervical cancer. The DNA was extracted and amplified with PCR. Then, the...
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