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Utilization of an EMR-biorepository to identify the genetic predictors of calcineurin-inhibitor toxicity in heart transplant recipients.
Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing - 1 Jan 2014
Oetjens Matthew, Bush William S, Birdwell Kelly A, Dilks Holli H, Bowton Erica A, Denny Joshua C, Wilke Russell A, Roden Dan M, Crawford Dana C
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Calcineurin-inhibitors CI are immunosuppressive agents prescribed to patients after solid organ transplant to prevent rejection. Although these drugs have been transformative for allograft survival, long-term use is complicated by side effects including nephrotoxicity. Given the narrow therapeutic index of CI, therapeutic drug monitoring is used to prevent acute rejection from underdosing and acute toxicity from...
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