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The Impact of Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase C677T Polymorphism on Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation with Methotrexate Prophylaxis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Byun Ja Min, Kim Hea-Lim, Shin Dong-Yeop, Koh Youngil, Yoon Sung-Soo, Seong Moon-Woo, Park Sung Sup, Kim Jin Hee, Lee Yun-Gyoo, Kim Inho
Abstract excerpt
Pharmacogenomics can explain the inter-individual differences in response to drugs, including methotrexate (MTX) used for acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) prophylaxis during hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). In real-world practice, preplanned MTX dose is arbitrarily modified according to observed toxicity which can lead to unexpected and severe aGVHD development. We aimed to validate the...
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