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Pharmacogenetics: a laboratory tool for optimizing therapeutic efficiency.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Feb 1997
Linder M W, Prough R A, Valdes R
Abstract excerpt
Pharmacogenetics is the study of the linkage between an individual's genotype and that individual's ability to metabolize a foreign compound. Differences in metabolism of therapeutics can lead to severe toxicity or therapeutic failure by altering the relation between dose and blood concentration of the pharmacologically active drug. Phenotypes exhibiting poor and ultraextensive metabolism result from genetic...
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