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Pharmacogenetics and drug metabolism of newer antidepressant agents.
The Journal of clinical psychiatry - 1 Dec 1994
DeVane C L
Abstract excerpt
A wide variety of drugs are metabolized by the human cytochrome P450 system, including antidepressants such as tricyclic antidepressants and serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Each P450 isoenzyme is the product of a separate gene; a number of genes have multiple alleles that result in genetic polymorphism in the population. Both CYP2D6 and CYP2C gene families are polymorphic; both families are...
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