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Pharmacogenetic evaluation of 6-mercaptopurine-mediated toxicity in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients from a South Indian population.
Pharmacogenomics - 1 May 2021
Ramalingam Ravi, Kaur Harpreet, Scott Julius Xavier, Sneha Latha M, Arun Kumar Ganesh Prasad, Srinivasan Arathi, Paul Solomon Fd
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Aim: To evaluate the variants in the genes coding for the proteins involved in thiopurine and folate metabolism with treatment related adverse effects (TRAEs). Materials & methods: Eleven variants in seven candidate genes were genotyped in 127 pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients under 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) treatment to infer the association of selected genotypes with TRAEs. Results: Among the...
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