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Breast milk pharmacokinetics of efavirenz and breastfed infants' exposure in genetically defined subgroups of mother-infant pairs: an observational study.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Aug 2015
Olagunju Adeniyi, Bolaji Oluseye, Amara Alieu, Waitt Catriona, Else Laura, Adejuyigbe Ebunoluwa, Siccardi Marco, Back David, Khoo Saye, Owen Andrew
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BACKGROUND: The antiretroviral drug efavirenz is widely used during breastfeeding. Evaluating its safety requires an understanding of its breast milk pharmacokinetics, level of breastfed infants' exposure, and potential influence of polymorphisms in drug disposition genes. METHODS: For this observational study, we investigated plasma and breast milk pharmacokinetics of efavirenz and breastfed infants' exposure in...
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