Rare Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase Variants and Toxicity by Floropyrimidines: A Case Report

Variations in the activity, up to absolute deficiency, of the enzyme dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD), result in the occurrence of adverse reactions to chemotherapy, and have been included among the pharmacogenetic factors underlying inter-individual variability in response to fluoropyrimidines...

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Main Authors: Raffaele Palmirotta, Domenica Lovero, Hervé Delacour, Audrey Le Roy, Serge Cremades, Franco Silvestris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2019.00139/full