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QT length during methadone maintenance treatment: gene × dose interaction.
Fundamental & clinical pharmacology - 1 Feb 2019
Zerdazi El-Hadi, Vorspan Florence, Marees Andries T, Naccache François, Lepine Jean-Pierre, Laplanche Jean-Louis, Prince Nathalie, Marie-Claire Cynthia, Bellivier Frank, Mouly Stéphane, Bloch Vanessa
Abstract excerpt
Methadone is known to be a risk factor for sudden death by enlarging ECG QT corrected (QTc) interval. For other medical conditions, QTc lengthening has been described as the result of interactions between pharmacological treatments and genetic factors. Former heroin-dependent subjects under methadone maintenance treatment in remission for at last 3 months were recruited. We studied the association between QTc...
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