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CYP3A5*3 and POR*28 genetic variants influence the required dose of tacrolimus in heart transplant recipients.
Therapeutic drug monitoring - 1 Dec 2014
Lesche Dorothea, Sigurdardottir Vilborg, Setoud Raschid, Oberhänsli Markus, Carrel Thierry, Fiedler Georg M, Largiadèr Carlo R, Mohacsi Paul, Sistonen Johanna
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BACKGROUND: After heart transplantation (HTx), the interindividual pharmacokinetic variability of immunosuppressive drugs represents a major therapeutic challenge due to the narrow therapeutic window between over-immunosuppression causing toxicity and under-immunosuppression leading to graft rejection. Although genetic polymorphisms have been shown to influence pharmacokinetics of immunosuppressants, data in the...
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