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Methotrexate: Implications of pharmacogenetics in the treatment of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
ARP rheumatology - 1 Oct 2022
Torres Rita Pinheiro, Santos Fernando Pimentel, Branco Jaime Cunha
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Methotrexate (MTX) is an anti-folate drug with anti-proliferative and anti-inflammatory effects. MTX proved to be the most highly effective, fast-acting disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD), being widely used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This review aims to describe the main genetic variants identified concerning proteins that play a role in methotrexate's kinetics and...
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