Article
[Ethnicity in pharmacogenetics].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 1 Jan 2013
Sontoredjo Timothy A A, de Boer Anthonius, Maitland-van der Zee Anke H
Abstract excerpt
Individuals originating from different ethnic groups can respond differently to certain medicines. In this article, we differentiated persons with a European, African and Asian origin into three main groups. The combination of a fixed dose of isosorbide dinitrate and hydralazine (known as BiDil) was marketed specifically in the US for Afro-Americans with heart failure, as patients from this group respond less...
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