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Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase pharmacogenetics in patients with colorectal cancer.

Individuals with a deficiency in the enzyme dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) may experience severe life-threatening toxicity when treated with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). As routine measurement of enzyme activity is not practical in many clinical centres, we have investigated the use of DNA mutation...

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Autores principales: Ridge, S. A., Sludden, J., Wei, X., Sapone, A., Brown, O., Hardy, S., Canney, P., Fernandez-Salguero, P., Gonzalez, F. J., Cassidy, J., McLeod, H. L.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 1998
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2151292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9472650