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Effect of UGT2B7*2 and CYP2C8*4 polymorphisms on diclofenac metabolism.
Toxicology letters - 1 Mar 2018
Lazarska Katarzyna E, Dekker Stefan J, Vermeulen Nico P E, Commandeur Jan N M
Abstract excerpt
The use of diclofenac is associated with rare but severe drug-induced liver injury (DILI) in a very small number of patients. The factors which predispose susceptible patients to hepatotoxicity of diclofenac are still incompletely understood. Formation of protein-reactive metabolites by UDP-glucuronosyl transferases and cytochromes P450 is commonly considered to play an important role, as indicated by the...
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