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Induction of CYP2D6 in pregnancy.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Oct 1997
Wadelius M, Darj E, Frenne G, Rane A
Abstract excerpt
Expression of the drug-metabolizing enzyme cytochrome P4502D6 (CYP2D6) is predominantly under genetic control, and enzyme-inducing drugs have little influence on its activity. We studied the activity of CYP2D6 during pregnancy. One hundred forty pregnant women were genotyped for CYP2D6. Seventeen of them (four poor metabolizers, seven heterozygous extensive metabolizers, and six extensive metabolizers) were...
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