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Trimodality of isoniazid elimination: phenotype and genotype in patients with tuberculosis.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 May 1997
Parkin D P, Vandenplas S, Botha F J, Vandenplas M L, Seifart H I, van Helden P D, van der Walt B J, Donald P R, van Jaarsveld P P
Abstract excerpt
The study was undertaken to show that polymorphic isoniazid elimination in humans is trimodal; that the acetylator genotype and eliminator phenotype of the individual patient are concordant; and that the differences in the pharmacokinetic parameters of fast, intermediate, and slow eliminator subgroups are statistically significant. Sixty adult patients of both sexes and of mixed race with tuberculosis...
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