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Pharmacokinetics of orally administered uracil in healthy volunteers and in DPD-deficient patients, a possible tool for screening of DPD deficiency

PURPOSE: Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency can lead to severe toxicity in patients treated with standard doses of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). Oral uracil administration and subsequent measurement of uracil and dihydrouracil (DHU) plasma concentrations might detect patients with DPD deficie...

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Autores principales: van Staveren, Maurice C., Theeuwes-Oonk, Barbara, Guchelaar, Henk Jan, van Kuilenburg, André B. P., Maring, Jan Gerard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3220818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21590448
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00280-011-1661-5