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Evaluation of 5-fluorouracil pharmacokinetics in cancer patients with a c.1905+1G>A mutation in DPYD by means of a Bayesian limited sampling strategy.
Clinical pharmacokinetics - 1 Mar 2012
van Kuilenburg André B P, Häusler Peter, Schalhorn Andreas, Tanck Michael W T, Proost Johannes H, Terborg Christoph, Behnke Detlev, Schwabe Wolfgang, Jabschinsky Kati, Maring Jan Gerard
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) is the initial enzyme in the catabolism of 5-fluorouracil (5FU) and DPD deficiency is an important pharmacogenetic syndrome. So far, only very limited information is available regarding the pharmacokinetics of 5FU in patients with a...
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