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[Individualization of drug therapy and pharmacogenetics].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Mar 1998
Yamamoto I, Azuma J
Abstract excerpt
This brief review discusses the relationship between genetic polymorphism of drug metabolizing enzyme and drug's safety and efficacy. When elimination occurs via a single metabolic pathway, individual differences in metabolic rates can lead to large differences in drug and metabolite concentrations in the blood. Genetic polymorphism leads to subpopulation of patients with decreased, absent or even increased...
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