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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
Abstract excerpt
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 provocative substances eliminated by acetylation that resulted in a preponderance of slow acetylators among patients with...
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