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Genotype frequencies of drug-metabolizing enzymes responsible for purine and pyrimidine antagonists in a healthy Asian-Indian population.
Biochemical genetics - 1 Oct 2012
Iyer Sandhya N, Tilak Ashwini V, Mukherjee Manjari S, Singhal Rekha S
Abstract excerpt
Purine and pyrimidine antimetabolites are used to treat leukemias, autoimmune diseases, and solid tumors. Detection of slow metabolizers before administration of the drugs is necessary to prevent any subsequent drug toxicity. With this aim, we determined the frequencies of normal and slow alleles in our population. Polymorphisms in genes encoding cytidine deaminase (CDA), dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPYD),...
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