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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2009, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (4): 465-470.

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Application of gene diagnosis in treatment of phenytoin for epilepsy

LIU Yang1, SONG Ya-juan2, DING Guo-hua1   

  1. 1Heilongjiang Provincial Second Hospital, Harbin 150010,Heilongjiang, China;
    2Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, Heilongjiang, China
  • Received:2009-03-11 Revised:2009-04-19 Published:2020-10-29

Abstract: To analyze in vivo the metabolic process of phenytoin and the basic theories of gene diagnosis, and introduce the examples of successful application of gene diagnosis in clinical phenytoin usage , and thoroughly expound the theoretical basis , clinical relevance, specific methods , and fields of application of using gene diagnosis to improve the usage of phenytoin ,using recently published literature as a basis.The genetic polymorphism is an important factor that affects the pharmacodynamics , pharmacokinetics , and drug adverse reaction of phenytoin.Gene diagnosis may become an effective way of improving usage of phenytoin and should be used widely in treating epilepsy with phenytoin.

Key words: phenytoin, genetic polymorphism, gene diagnosis

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