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Genetic variants in antioxidant pathway: risk factors for hepatotoxicity in tuberculosis patients.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 May 2012
Nanashima Kazutaka, Mawatari Tsutomu, Tahara Naoko, Higuchi Norihide, Nakaura Ayano, Inamine Tatsuo, Kondo Shinji, Yanagihara Katsunori, Fukushima Kiyoyasu, Suyama Naofumi, Kohno Shigeru, Tsukamoto Kazuhiro
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis (TB) treatment can cause serious sequelae including adverse effects such as anti-TB drug-induced hepatotoxicity (ATDH). We performed a candidate gene-based association study between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 10 genes in the antioxidant pathway and ATDH susceptibility....
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