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Development and validation of a rapid and reliable method for TPMT genotyping using real-time PCR.
Clinical laboratory - 1 Jan 2012
Lorenz Marion, Weise Alexander, Prause Stefan, Klemm Marco, Eidens Moritz, Luchi Massimiliano, Forst Thomas, Pfützner Andreas, Weber Matthias M
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BACKGROUND: It is widely accepted that many medications exhibit inter-individual variability in their efficacy and toxicity due to polymorphisms in genes encoding drug-metabolising enzymes. One of the most often cited examples in this context is thiopurine S-methyltransferase (TPMT) polymorphism. TPMT is a phase 2 detoxification enzyme that catalyzes the S-methylation of thiopurine drugs such as thioguanine and...
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