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Influence of the cytochrome P4502D6*4 allele on the pharmacokinetics of controlled-release metoprolol.
European journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Aug 1998
Koytchev R, Alken R G, Vlahov V, Kirkov V, Kaneva R, Thyroff-Friesinger U, Rehak E
Abstract excerpt
AIM: The aim of the present paper was to compare the pharmacokinetics of metoprolol in homozygous Caucasian volunteers for the wild-type CYP2D6 allele (CYP2D6*1/CYP2D6*1) and heterozygous (CYP2D6*1/CYP2D6*4) Caucasians. METHODS: Thirty-six unrelated healthy male Caucasians were screened for two of the most frequently occurring mutant alleles (CYP2D6*3 and CYP2D6*4) using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)....
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