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Determination of dextromethorphan metabolic phenotype by salivary analysis with a reference to genotype in Chinese patients receiving renal hemodialysis.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Apr 1996
Hou Z Y, Chen C P, Yang W C, Lai M D, Buchert E T, Chung H M, Pickle L W, Woosley R L
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BACKGROUND: The polymorphic metabolism of debrisoquin and sparteine by cytochrome P450IID6 (CYP2D6) is genetically determined. Determination of the CYP2D6 metabolic phenotype with conventional urine analytic methods is not feasible in anuric patients with renal failure. The possibility of using salivary analysis, with dextromethorphan as a probe drug, to determine the CYP2D6 metabolic phenotype in patients with...
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