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The relationship between plasma concentration of metoprolol and CYP2D6 genotype in patients with ischemic heart disease.
Pharmacological reports : PR - 1 Jun 2014
Wojtczak Anna, Wojtczak Maciej, Skrętkowicz Jadwiga
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BACKGROUND: Metoprolol is the one of the most commonly used β-blockers in the treatment of ischemic heart disease and it is extensively metabolized in the liver undergoing oxidation by CYP2D6 isoenzyme of cytochrome P450. Gene encoding the CYP2D6 enzyme is characterized by genetic polymorphism. T...
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