Lack of association between slow acetylator status and spontaneous lupus erythematosus.

doi:10.1038/clpt.1990.137

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Lack of association between slow acetylator status and spontaneous lupus erythematosus.

Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Aug 1990

Kumana C R, Chan M M, Wong K L, Wong R W, Kou M, Lauder I J

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The Chinese in Southeast Asia are recognized as a population group that has a relatively high prevalence of rapid "acetylators" and a relatively high incidence of systemic lupus erythematosus. This study was designed to evaluate the possibility that there were environmental lupus erythematosus pr...

Topics

Acetylation
Adult
Caffeine
China
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
Female
Humans
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
Phenotype
Uracil
Xanthines

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