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The effect of polymorphic metabolism enzymes on serum phenytoin level.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Mar 2015
Ozkaynakci Aydan, Gulcebi Medine Idrizoglu, Ergeç Deniz, Ulucan Korkut, Uzan Mustafa, Ozkara Cigdem, Guney Ilter, Onat Filiz Yilmaz
Abstract excerpt
Phenytoin has a widespread use in epilepsy treatment and is mainly metabolized by hepatic cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYP). We have investigated CYP2C9*2, CYP2C9*3, CYP2C19*2 and CYP2C19*3 allelic variants in a Turkish population of patients on phenytoin therapy. Patients on phenytoin therapy (n = 102) for the prevention of epileptic seizures were included. Polymorphic alleles were analyzed by restriction fragment...
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